Article
Arcobacter population dynamics in pigs on farrow-to-finish farms.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
De Smet Sarah, De Zutter Lieven, Debruyne Lies, Vangroenweghe Frédéric, Vandamme Peter, Houf Kurt
Abstract excerpt
Healthy pigs are an important reservoir for the emerging human pathogen Arcobacter which can result in contamination of porcine carcasses and pork and the spread of arcobacters into the environment. Up to now, the excretion of arcobacters by pigs has been studied, but information about the transmission routes in fattening pigs is lacking. The present study aimed to elucidate the Arcobacter population dynamics in...
Topics
- Animals
- Arcobacter
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Carrier State
- Feces
- Genetic Variation
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
- Molecular Typing
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Swine