title: Isolation of Salmonella from diarrheic feces of pigs.
abstract: A survey of Salmonella was carried out in fecal samples of 887 pigs with diarrhea collected from 235 pig farms between April 1996 and March 2001. Salmonella was isolated from 84 feces (9.5%) of 887 pigs and from 45 (19.1%) of 235 farms. The higher prevalence was found in weaned pigs (12.4%) and fattening pigs (17.3%) than in sows (4.2%) and suckling pigs (4.5%). Isolation rates of S. Typhimurium were higher from weaned and fattening pigs than from the others. Therefore, risk of horizontal infection of S. Typhimurium will increase, if no adequate health managements are practiced when weaned and fattening pigs have diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Zen-noh Institute of Animal Health, Sakura, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otagiri
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osumi
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namimatsu
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Shizuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000662:veterinary; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*