title: Bacterial isolation from slaughtered pigs associated with endocarditis, especially the isolation of Streptococcus suis.
abstract: Bacterial isolation from slaughtered pigs with endocarditis was carried out from 1985 to 1994. A total of 495 (0.025%) out of 2,006,127 pigs were diagnosed as having endocarditis. Though bacteria were significantly isolated from 399 of the 495 pigs, bacteria could not be isolated in 96 pigs (19.4%). In 11 pigs, 2 bacterial species were isolated from heart lesion. Streptococcus suis was isolated from 127 cases (25.7%), Streptococcus dysgalactiae from 75 (15.2%), Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from 63 (12.7%), Actinomyces pyogenes from 39 (7.9%), Pasteurella multocida from 11 (2.2%). Staphylococcus aureus from 10 (2.0%), and Streptococcus porcinus from 8 (1.6%). Among the 99 isolates biochemically identified as S. suis, the major serotype was S. suis type 2 (35.4%). The remainder of the typable isolates were identified as serotypes 1/2 (2.0%) and 9 (1.0%). A total of 61 isolates (61.6%) were untypable.
authors.affiliation: Sendai Meat Inspection Center, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiramune
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000190:Actinomyces / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*; D013553:Swine Diseases