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Streptococcus suis  is an emerging bacterial pathogen of huge economic impact to the swine industry worldwide. The information regarding the carrier status of  S. suis  in the slaughtered pigs along with its genetic characterization is not available in Indian pig population, which needs to be addressed for the therapeutic and preventive measures. In the present study, 563 palatine tonsils of apparently healthy slaughtered pigs were probed for the prevalence, and genetic characterization of  S. suis  and prevalence were found to be 15.45% and 32.68% by bacteriological and molecular methods, respectively. In 87 isolates recovered, 6 cps-types were detected showing the predominance of serotype 7 (24.13%) and 5 (18.39%), whereas 11 cps-types were detected in tonsillar DNA involving cps-types 9 (28.26%) and 7 (14.13%) as the major serotypes with arcA + /sly + /epf + /mrp −  being the prevalent genotype. The histopathological changes with the immunodetection of  S. suis  antigen confirmed its persistence in asymptomatic carriers. Of 87 bacterial isolates, 7 isolates (serotypes 7 &amp; 2) were pathogenic to Swiss albino mice showing the classical lesions of meningitis and septicemia. The presence of virulent serotypes of  S. suis  in healthy slaughtered pigs suggests a great health risk to the people engaged in piggery operations and in-contact pigs.

Carrier status of Streptococcus suis in the palatine tonsils of apparently healthy slaughtered pigs of India