Salmonella remains a major cause of economic loss in domestic livestock and human food poisoning worldwide. In the last 10 years there have been major advances in understanding the salmonella organism, meaning a compiled source of the new research is urgently needed. With fully updated chapters and new coverage of genome structure, virulence, vaccine development, molecular methods for epidemiology and exotics, this second edition is an invaluable resource for researchers of animal and human health.

Contributions by: Michael Jones, Andrew Roycroft, Muna Anjum, Andreas Bäumler, Frank Aarestrup, Pete Kaiser, H Shivaprasad, Hafez Hafez, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, John Timoney, Frank Pasmans, Martin Wierup, R La Ragione, Katherine Hollinger, Pia Mäkelä, John Wain, Filip Van Immerseel, Paula Cray, Malcolm Cobb, Kris de Smet, R Davies