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STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS INFECTIONS IN DANISH PIGS AND EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION WITH STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS SEROTYPE 7
Author(s) -
Boetner ANETTE G.,
Binder MARIANNE,
BilleHansen VIVI
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1987.tb03118.x
Subject(s) - streptococcus suis , serotype , microbiology and biotechnology , danish , biology , virology , virulence , philosophy , gene , biochemistry , linguistics
During a two‐year period, Streptococcus suis serotypes 1–8 were isolated from 108 pigs examined at the laboratory. S. suis serotypes 2 and 7 represented 75% of the isolates. S. suis serotype 7 was isolated more frequently than reported from other countries, and mostly from piglets less than 3 weeks of age. Experimental inoculation of 7‐day‐old piglets with S. suis serotype 7 provoked severe illness within a week in 6 out of 7 animals. By bacteriological and pathological examination it was found that S. suis serotype 7 was pathogenic to piglets, giving rise to septicemia with predilection for joints, serous membranes and meninges.