ABSTRACT
Eighteen (72%) of 25 badger social groups were found to excrete
Salmonella enterica
serovar Ried,
S. enterica
serovar Binza,
S. enterica
serovar Agama, or
S. enterica
serovar Lomita. Each serovar was susceptible to a panel of antimicrobials. Based on results of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, the
S. enterica
serovar Agama and
S. enterica
serovar Binza isolates were very similar, but two clones each of
S. enterica
serovar Lomita and
S. enterica
serovar Ried were found. Badgers excreting
S. enterica
serovar Agama were spatially clustered.