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Wiki Markup*{+}Background:+* _Salmonella enterica_ subsp. _enterica_ serovar Dublin (antigenic formula 1,9,12\[Vi\]:g,p:--) is a serovar of the O:9 (D{~}1~₁) serogroup. _S._ Dublin is a serovar adapted to [cattle|http://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/13132130/Liza_Rosenbaum_Nielsen.pdf], which is the primary host, but it can also infect and cause disease in different hosts, including humans. In cattle, _S._ Dublin causes acute and subclinical disease; symptoms of salmonellosis in cattle include: fever, diarrhea, abortions, respiratory signs (especially in calves), and systemic disease. _S._ Dublin is a zoonosis that causes one of the highest rates of systemic disease among all non-typhoidal salmonellosis cases in humans. Recently, the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University published an [animal health advisory|https://ahdc.vet.cornell.edu/docs/Salmonella_Dublin_in_Cattle_Health_Alert.pdf] that indicated an increase in the isolation of multidrug resistant strains of _S._ Dublin in New York. Among ceftriaxone-resistant _Salmonella_ isolates reported by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), _S._ Dublin represents the 40.8% and 2.9% of isolates from cattle and humans, respectively.

Animal reservoir: Cattle is the reservoir of this serovar, but it can cause disease in other animals as well.   

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