Division 1 Overall description on the implementation of the Salmonella and MRSA surveys

A report in text format shall include at least:

1. (a)

   Member State;

2. (b)

   a description of the population of holdings with breeder pigs:

   1. 1..

      breeding holdings:

      1. (i)

         total number of breeder holdings;

      2. (ii)

         total number of nucleus holdings;

      3. (iii)

         total number of multiplier holdings;

      4. (iv)

         number of breeder holdings planned to be sampled, and number of breeder holdings actually sampled; number of holdings planned for sampling but not sampled and the reason therefore;

      5. (v)

         comments on the overall representativeness of the breeding holdings sampling programme;

   2. 2..

      production holdings:

      1. (i)

         total number of production holdings;

      2. (ii)

         total number of farrow to weaner/grower holdings;

      3. (iii)

         total number of farrow to finish holdings;

      4. (iv)

         number of production holdings planned to be sampled, and number of production holdings actually sampled; number of holdings planned for sampling but not sampled and the reason therefore;

      5. (v)

         possible comment on overall representativeness of the production holdings sampling programme;

3. (c)

   number of samples from the Salmonella survey obtained and analysed:

   1. (i)

      from breeding holding;

   2. (ii)

      from production holdings;

   3. (iii)

      from holdings sampled for within-holding prevalence study;

4. (d)

   overall results from the Salmonella survey:

   1. (i)

      prevalence of breeding holdings and of production holdings infected with Salmonella, and serovars of Salmonella;

   2. (ii)

      outcome of within-holding prevalence study;

5. (e)

   list of laboratories responsible in the Salmonella survey for:

   1. (i)

      detection;

   2. (ii)

      serotyping;

   3. (iii)

      phage typing (if carried out).

6. (f)

   number of samples from the MRSA survey obtained and analysed:

   1. (i)

      from breeding holding;

   2. (ii)

      from production holdings;

7. (g)

   overall results from the MRSA survey: prevalence of breeding holdings and of production holdings infected with MRSA, based on detection and confirmation by PCR;

8. (h)

   list of laboratories responsible in the MRSA survey for:

   1. (i)

      detection;

   2. (ii)

      PCR;

   3. (iii)

      Spa typing;

   4. (iv)

      MLST typing.