An epidemiological survey on pigs showing symptoms of infectious enteric diseases and dyspepsia in Japan.
Diarrhea in pigs has the potential to have a serious economic impact on the swine industry. Previously, we suggested that the likely cause of the presence of non-infectious diarrhea in pigs characterized by lactate accumulation was dyspepsia. In this experiment, the prevalence of enteropathogens and hyper-lactate accumulation in feces of piglets in 4 distinct growth stages was examined. The feces were collected when veterinarian experts recognized abnormalities in sporadic outbreaks. Prevalence of enteropathogens in diarrheal feces was 100% in fattening pigs (FP), 75% in weaning pigs (WP), 50% in suckling pigs (SP), and 42% in growing pigs (GP). Prevalence of enteropathogens in loose feces was 53% in WP, 50% in SP, 40% in FP, and 28% in GP. Prevalence of hyper-lactate accumulation in diarrheal feces was 33% in GP, 33% in SP, 25% in WP, and 25% in FP. Prevalence of hyper-lactate accumulation in loose feces was 40% in GP, 0% in SP, 7% in WP, and 5% in FP. Accordingly, non-infectious dyspepsia is frequent in growing pigs. In this period, pigs are potentially exposed to needless antimicrobial therapeutic treatments in sporadic cases.
Ushida
Kazunari
K
Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Japan. k_ushida@kpu.ac.jp
Kishimoto
Akio
A
Piao
Shong-Ji
SJ
Itoh
Mitsugi
M
Shiga
Akira
A
Nakanishi
Nobuo
N
Tsukahara
Takamitsu
T
D000367:Age Factors; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000502:physiology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D007564:Japan; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D015995:Prevalence; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014886:Weaning
D007773:Lactates