Occurrence of Salmonella in swine in the Latium Region (central Italy) from 1980 to 1989: a retrospective study.
An extensive survey was carried out on 849 biological samples (dead animals, organs and viscera, faeces, and rectal swabs) from pigs in the Latium Region (Central Italy) throughout the years 1980-1989. In total, 46 of the samples (5.4%) were found to be bacteriologically positive for salmonellae. Among dead animals, typical gross lesions were observed in 6 clinically infected animals. As far as serotypes are concerned, 11 different ones were isolated, with a predominance of Salmonella typhimurium (26.1%), S. anatum (21.7%), S. bovis-morbificans (15.2%), and S. heidelberg (10.8%). According to Kauffmann-White's classification scheme, 39.1% of the isolated strains belonged to serogroup B, 13% to serogroup C1, 17.4% tot serogroup C2, 6.5% to serogroup D, and 23.9% to serogroup E1. In conclusion, the authors speculate that the relatively low Salmonella isolation frequency (5.4%) reported in this study was not dependent upon the cultural procedures used, since different enrichment and plating methods were used, but rather upon the great number of rural-type herds which were investigated over the decade compared to industrial-type herds. Other factors such as stress conditions, which are particularly pronounced in industrial-type herds, and overall climatic situations, which tend to be characterised by warm, dry and long summers in the Latium Region, are also considered in this respect.
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Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale, Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy.
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D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology