The detection of pigs carryingStreptococcus suistype 2
作者:
I.D. Robertson,
D.K. Blackmore,
期刊:
New Zealand Veterinary Journal
(Taylor Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 1-2
页码: 1-4
ISSN:0048-0169
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1080/00480169.1987.35357
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
An indirect fluorescent antibody test (I.F.A.T.) was performed on tonsillar swabs collected at slaughter and on nasal swabs from electrically stunned pigs prior to exsanguination. The identification of carriers ofStreptococcus suistype 2 using the I.F.A.T. was compared with bacteriological isolation. If it is assumed that 100% of pigs were carrying the bacterium, 76% of 89 carriers were detected when the I.F.A.T. was performed on the bacterial growth from blood agar cultures of tonsillar swabs, compared with only 15% detected using cultural techniques. Similarly, I.F.A.T. on nasal swabs increased the sensitivity of the detection of carriers. Nasal swabbing, although of lower sensitivity than tonsillar swabbing, allows for the detection ofS. suistype 2 carriers in the live animal.
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