Day 18

0910: Another box in this morning.

1030: Four sows farrowed yesterday, so plenty of material in, but no dead piglets. Or mummies.

1230: I've found Salmonella! Finally!

After a few weeks of hunting for a bug we knew was there, I've finally been able to isolate some Group B Salmonella from the finisher pigs. One sample turned positive in the TSI agar, and I ran an agglutination test on it today to identify what Group it was from.

At this point, DEFRA should be notified to say that we isolated Salmonella from the farm, and the samples may be sent on to a Government lab to properly diagnose it.

1700: managed to spend the rest of the day in the PM room again - go me!