Experimental swine dysentery: comparison between infection models.

نویسندگان

  • Magdalena Jacobson
  • Claes Fellström
  • Ronny Lindberg
  • Per Wallgren
  • Marianne Jensen-Waern
چکیده

The aim of the present study was to develop a reproducible porcine infection model with Brachyspira hyodysenteriae. The influence of different factors was evaluated, namely, age, a diet containing large quantities of soybean meal, housing and administration of cortisol or antacids. Furthermore, the synergistic effect of additional bacteria (Escherichia coli O141, Bacteroides vulgatus or a mixture of Bacteroides fragilis, a field isolate of Bacteroides and Fusobacterium necrophorum) was studied. Experimental infection resulted in an increase in the serum concentrations of the acute-phase proteins serum amyloid A and haptoglobin and the percentages of neutrophils and monocytes. These alterations were specifically related to haemorrhagic diarrhoea. Inoculation combined with feeding of large quantities of soybean meal and group-housing induced swine dysentery in all experimental animals. If the pigs were fed soybean meal, kept in single pens and circulated between the pens, five out of nine developed disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of medical microbiology

دوره 53 Pt 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004