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Summary Background Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Abortusequi (S. Abortusequi) is a serotype restricted to equines, which produces abortion outbreaks. Nowadays the disease is being reported in different countries including Argentina thus generating an important impact in the equine industry. Molecular characterization of the 95 kb virulence plasmid and the spvC gene of S. Abortusequi demonstrated their importance in the pathogenicity of the serotype. In the last decades, high clonality of S. Abortusequi was identified in Japan, Mongolia and Croatia. Objectives The aim of this work was to characterize S. Abortusequi isolates obtained in Argentina between 2011 and 2016 by virulence‐gene profiling and pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis. Study design Case report. Methods S. Abortusequi isolates were studied by virulence‐gene profiling and pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis. Results Four virulence profiles and nine pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis pulsotypes were identified among the 27 isolates included in the study. Different strains were found in the same outbreak and/or farm suggesting the presence of different sources of infection or mutation of isolates. Main limitations The number of related and nonrelated strains. More isolates may be necessary for a more intensive study. Conclusions Most strains presented the same virulence profile, being positive for all the studied genes except gipA and sopE1, which are involved in intestinal virulence. Only few isolates showed different results in the same outbreak or farm. Unlike other studies, our results demonstrate a considerable diversity of S. Abortusequi pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis pulsotypes, which suggests that different sources of infection may be involved within the same outbreak.

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are one of the main causes of foodborne diseases worldwide, historically associated with the consumption of eggs and chicken meat (Campos et al., 2019;Jajere, 2019). The epidemiology of NTS has been the subject of numerous studies. (Wajid et al., 2019). The results of these studies have shown that S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis have historically

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