Salmonella Monitoring in English Chicken Breeder Flocks, 2015

England's 2015 National Control Programme for Salmonella in chicken breeder flocks, with data collected by the Animal and Plant Health Agency. The dataset includes region, sampling date, flock type, number of flocks sampled, and salmonella test results. It was published under Crown Copyright in 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional salmonella prevalence trends based on the region and result fields.
• Evaluate seasonal patterns in salmonella detection based on the date of the sampling visit.
• Compare salmonella rates between different flock types mentioned in the description.
• Assess sampling intensity and coverage based on the number of flocks sampled.

Strengths

• Data is from an official national control programme.
• Includes specific temporal coverage for the year 2015.
• Covers multiple descriptive dimensions: region, date, flock type, and test results.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government.

Collection Method

Official routine sampling by APHA staff under the National Control Programmes for Salmonella.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Data is from 2015; last update is unknown.

Geography

England