An investigation into fecal shedding of serotypes in nursery pigs.

Can Vet J

Department of Population Medicine (del Rocio Amezcua, Friendship, Farzan) and Department of Pathobiology (Farzan), University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.

Published: January 2024

Objective: The objective of this study was to monitor fecal shedding in nursery pigs on a farm with a history of disease involving serotypes 2 and 9.

Animal And Procedure: Four cohorts of pigs ( = 480) were monitored from weaning to end of nursery. Rectal swabs from 297 pigs were tested and serotypes 15 ( = 7), 31 ( = 3), or untypeable ( = 6) isolates were recovered from 16 (5.4%) pigs.

Results: There was no significant association between fecal shedding and diarrhea. isolates recovered from pigs euthanized due to neurological signs or severe lameness were serotypes 9 (meninges) and 31 (tonsil) or untypeable (meninges, tonsil). Serotypes 9 (meninges, tonsil), 15 (spleen, tonsil), 16 (tonsil), 29 and 33 (nasal swabs), and untypeable (meninges, tonsil, and lung) isolates were identified in lame pigs.

Conclusion And Clinical Relevance: These results suggest that feces may not be a source of infection for the serotypes producing disease in pigs; however, the association between fecal shedding and diarrhea needs further investigation. The coincidence of untypeable isolates in feces from healthy pigs and their isolation from meninges of pigs with neurological signs warrants further investigation to determine the molecular characteristics of those isolates.

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