Occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica in the throat of swine.
Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 0 3 was isolated from 84 (30%) of 282 throat swab cultures from bacon pigs at slaughter. Other serotypes of Y.e. were not isolated. All the isolations were made by the cold-enrichment method. The serum agglutinin titres against serotype 0 3 were low in most of the pigs examined. The rate of isolation of the organism increased with rising serum titre. In Denmark, Y.e. serotype 0 3 would appear to be a common inhabitant of the throat of swine.
D000373:Agglutinins / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003718:Denmark; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015007:Yersinia / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000373:Agglutinins; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial