“…CTX-M-2 was observed in Central and Northern European countries, including UK and Ireland (Bertrand et al, 2006;Bortolaia et al, 2010a;Boyle et al, 2010;Cloeckaert et al, 2007;Dhanji et al, 2010;Dierikx et al, 2010a;Hasman et al, 2005;Hopkins et al, 2006;Liebana et al, 2006;Morris et al, 2009;Randall et al, 2011;Smet et al, 2008;Warren et al, 2008). CTX-M-15, the ESBL considered to have spread in a pandemic fashion in humans, was only detected incidentally in food-producing animals or food and in only in a few countries in E. coli (isolated in France from diseased cattle, in Belgium from healthy poultry, and in UK in broiler chickens and turkey) and in Salmonella isolates (Germany, one S. Typhimurium from horse origin) (Madec et al, 2008;Randall et al, 2011;Rodriguez et al, 2009;Smet et al, 2008). ESBLs of the SHV class were frequently detected throughout the EU, especially SHV-12 and SHV-2 Bortolaia et al, 2010b;Boyle et al, 2010;Brinas et al, 2003a;Brinas et al, 2003b;Chiaretto et al, 2008;Cortes et al, 2010;Costa et al, 2009;Dierikx et al, 2010a;Doi et al, 2009;Escudero et al, 2010;Goncalves et al, 2010;Hasman et al, 2005;Hopkins et al, 2006;Kolar et al, 2010;Machado et al, 2008;Madec et al, 2008;Morris et al, 2009;Riano et al, 2006).…”