Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic piglets

Álvarez‐Pérez, Sergio; Blanco, José L.; Bouza, Emilio; Alba, Patricia; Gibert, X.; Maldonado, Jaime; García, Marta E.

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.01.015

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“…In the present research, three non-toxigenic and five variant strains were isolated from four different farms. In contrast, ALVAREZ-PEREZ et al (2009) reported a much lower rate of non-toxigenic and variants strains than observed in this study. Among 140 recovered strains, ALVAREZ-PEREZ et al (2009) identified only seven non-toxigenic (5%) strains and one variant strain (0.7%), all from the same farm.…”

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“…No clear association between isolation of this bacteria and neonatal porcine diarrhea was detected, in agreement with previous studies in pigs (ALVAREZ-PEREZ et al, 2009;AVBERSEK et al, 2009). The isolation rate obtained (20%) was slightly lower than that reported by ALVAREZ-PEREZ et al (2009) that recovered C. difficile from 25.9% of piglets, which were also one to seven days of age, from farms in Spain.…”

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“…In this study, all non-toxigenic strains were isolated from healthy animals, corroborating the findings of ALVAREZ-PEREZ et al (2009). According to , inoculation of piglets at birth with a non-toxigenic C. difficile strain significantly reduced the effects of C. difficile infection on performance.…”

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“…The isolation rate obtained (20%) was slightly lower than that reported by ALVAREZ-PEREZ et al (2009) that recovered C. difficile from 25.9% of piglets, which were also one to seven days of age, from farms in Spain. In the present research, three non-toxigenic and five variant strains were isolated from four different farms.…”

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Detection of enterotoxin A and cytotoxin B, and isolation of Clostridium difficile in piglets in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Detection of enterotoxin A and cytotoxin B, and isolation of Clostridium difficile in piglets in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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“…In pigs, C. difficile infection leads to severe fatal enteritis in suckling piglets, aged 1-7 days [15]. A high prevalence of C. difficile has been found in piglets [1,2,10,15], and the same has been reported in slaughter pigs [14]. In Japan, although C. difficile has been isolated from antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in humans [8], little information is available on the presence of C. difficile in healthy food-producing animals.…”

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<i>Clostridium difficile</i> Isolated from the Fecal Contents of Swine in Japan

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ABSTRACT. A total of 250 fecal content samples were collected from 25 farrow-to-finish pig farms and examined for the prevalence of Clostridium difficile by using ethanol treatment followed by plating onto selective media-cycloserine-cefoxitin-mannitol agar-for the isolation of Clostridium difficile. Two specimens (0.8%, 95% confidential interval: 0-2.9%) were positive for C. difficile. One isolate was only positive for toxin B, and the other isolate was negative for both toxins A and B. Thus, prevalence of Clostridium difficile was found to be low among finishing pigs in Japan.

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Evaluation of the occurrence of sporulating and nonsporulating pathogenic bacteria in manure and in digestate of five agricultural biogas plants

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The number of agricultural biogas plants has been increasing in the past decades in some European countries. Digestates obtained after anaerobic digestion (AD) of manure are usually spread on agricultural land; however, their hygiene status regarding pathogens posing public health and/or animal health challenges has been poorly characterized up to now in France. In this study, three replicates of manure and digestate were collected from five farm biogas plants receiving animal manure in order to assess the occurrence and concentrations of sporulating (Clostridium botulinum, Clostridioides difficile, Clostridium perfringens) and nonsporulating (Listeria monocytogenes, thermotolerant Campylobacter spp., Salmonella, Escherichia coli, enterococci) bacteria. Concentrations of E. coli, enterococci, and C. perfringens in digestates ranged from 102 to 104, 104 to 105, and <103 to 7 × 105 CFU/g, respectively. Salmonella and C. difficile were detected in manure and digestate from the five biogas plants at concentrations ranging from <1.3 to >7 × 102 MPN/g and from 1.3 to 3 × 102 MPN/g, respectively. Thermotolerant Campylobacter, detected in all the manures, was only found in two digestates at a concentration of cells ranging from <10 to 2.6 × 102 CFU/g. Listeria monocytogenes and C. botulinum were detected in three manures and four digestates. The bacterial counts of L. monocytogenes and C. botulinum did not exceed 3 × 102 and 14 MPN/g, respectively. C. botulinum type B was detected at very low level in both the manure and digestate of farm biogas plants with no botulism history. The levels of pathogenic bacteria in both manure and digestate suggested that some bacteria can persist throughout AD.

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Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic piglets

Cited by 95 publications

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Detection of enterotoxin A and cytotoxin B, and isolation of Clostridium difficile in piglets in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Detection of enterotoxin A and cytotoxin B, and isolation of Clostridium difficile in piglets in Minas Gerais, Brazil

<i>Clostridium difficile</i> Isolated from the Fecal Contents of Swine in Japan

Evaluation of the occurrence of sporulating and nonsporulating pathogenic bacteria in manure and in digestate of five agricultural biogas plants

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