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Samples of caecal content were obtained from 1228 sheep at abattoirs and cultured for Salmonella spp.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Salmonella was isolated from 104 (8.5%) samples, with 21 isolations (1.7%) of Salmonella Typhimurium. The most commonly isolated serovar (80 samples, 6.5%) was the sheep-adapted Salmonella enterica subspecies diarizonae serovar 61: k:1,5,(7), which has low zoonotic potential. Modelling estimated the mean annual Salmonella prevalence to be 10.5% (95% CI 8.5%\u201313.0%). Multivariate logistic regression indicated that the likelihood of Salmonella isolation was significantly associated with animal age, with the odds of a sheep over 12 months old yielding Salmonella being significantly greater than for those under 12 months (OR 7.2, P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a00.001). For serovars of public health importance, particularly S. Typhimurium, the analysis was limited by the small number of isolations, but univariate analysis indicated a significant association between over-12-month animals and the likelihood of isolating S. Typhimurium, similar to overall Salmonella isolation risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study has assessed Salmonella carriage among sheep presented for slaughter and intended for the food chain and found 8.5% of samples positive. 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