[Incidence of salmonellae in domestic fowl in Slovakia from 1971 to 1980].

In flocks with latent infections, 2724 strains of salmonellae (19 serotypes) were isolated from the birds. The following species were represented as follows: S. gallinarum-pullorum (65.08%), S. typhimurium (9.10%), S. bareilly (6.90%), S. enteritidis (2.38%) and S. agona (1.98%). In the foci of salmonelloses 893 strains of salmonellae (19 serotypes) were isolated. The highest representation was found in the S. gallinarum-pullorum (54.20%), S. typhimurium (24.53%), S. bareilly (7.72%), S. choleraesuis (2.29%), S. enteritidis (1.68%), S. infantis (1.54%) and S. anatum (1.23%). Post-mortem examination resulted in recording 15 887 strains of salmonellae (41 serotypes). The following were represented by the largest proportions: S. gallinarum-pullorum (26.62%), S. typhimurium (25.20%), S. bareilly (18.93%), S. infantis (7.20%), S. enteritidis (4.62%), S. agona (3.51%), S. choleraesuis (3.17%), S. anatum (2.19%), S. lille (1.54%) and S. bredeney (1.16%).