[Legal guidelines for the prevention and control of animal salmonellosis].

Rules of legislation are an important instrument of the state leading to prevent and control the Salmonella-infections of animals. The legislation is not limited on Salmonella-infections of several animal species. It encloses also the veterinary inspection of animals ready for slaughter and their meat after slaughter, the hygiene of food and animal feed stuff, the recycling and/or disposal of waste and carcasses. An account is given in this paper about the several fields of legislation to prevent and control the Salmonella-infections.