Division 2.3.2 Collection of representative Salmonella spp. isolates collected in the framework of the ... control programmes for Salmonella spp. in relevant animal populations and in the framework of Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005F1

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing shall be carried out for no more than one isolate per Salmonella serovar from the same epidemiological unit per year.

Where the number of Salmonella isolates yearly available per animal population in the F2United Kingdom is higher than the number of isolates required in accordance with point 2.2, a random selection of at least 170 or 85 isolates shall be performed from the collection of yearly available isolates in the United Kingdom, in a way that ensures geographical representativeness and an even distribution of the date of sampling over the year. Conversely, in the case of a low prevalence, all the Salmonella isolates available shall be tested for susceptibility.