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Background  The EU Regulation No 2160/2003 imposes a reduction in the prevalence of  Salmonella  in pigs. The efficiency of control programmes for  Salmonella  in pigs, reported among the EU Member States, varies and definitive eradication seems very difficult. Control measures currently recommended for  Salmonella  are not serotype-specific. Is it possible that the risk factors for different  Salmonella  serotypes are different? The aim of this study was to investigate potential risk factors for two groups of  Salmonella  sp serotypes using pen faecal samples from breeding pig holdings representative of the Portuguese pig sector.    Methods  The data used come from the Baseline Survey for the Prevalence of  Salmonella  in breeding pigs in Portugal. A total of 1670 pen faecal samples from 167 herds were tested, and 170 samples were positive for  Salmonella.  The presence of  Salmonella  in each sample (outcome variable) was classified in three categories: i) no  Salmonella , ii)  Salmonella  Typhimurium or  S . Typhimurium-like strains with the antigenic formula: 1,4,5,12:i:-, , and iii) other serotypes. Along with the sample collection, a questionnaire concerning herd management and potential risk factors was utilised. The data have a “natural” hierarchical structure so a categorical multilevel analysis of the dataset was carried out using a Bayesian hierarchical model. The model was estimated using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, implemented in the software WinBUGS.    Results  The significant associations found (when compared to category “no  Salmonella” ), for category “serotype Typhimurium or  S . Typhimurium-like strains with the antigenic formula: 1,4,5,12:i:-” were: age of breeding sows, size of the herd, number of pigs/pen and source of semen. For the category “other serotypes” the significant associations found were: control of rodents, region of the country, source of semen, breeding sector room and source of feed.    Conclusions  The risk factors significantly associated with  Salmonella  shedding from the category “serotype Typhimurium or serotype 1,4,5,12:i:-“ were more related to animal factors, whereas those associated with “other serotypes” were more related to environmental factors. Our findings suggest that different control measures could be used to control different  Salmonella  serotypes in breeding pigs.

Assessing risk profiles for Salmonella serotypes in breeding pig operations in Portugal using a Bayesian hierarchical model