Naslov
M.avium hominissuis - Main Cause of Mycobacterial Infection of Pigs in Croatia

Autori
Cvetnić, Željko ; Špičić, Silvio ; Benić, Miroslav ; Katalinić-Janković, Vera ; Pate, M. ; Krt, B. ; Ocepek, M.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract Book of the 28th Annual Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology : ESM 2007 / - , 2007, 94-94

Skup
28th Annual Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology : ESM 2007

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 01.07.2007. - 04.07.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
M.avium hominissuis; svinje; Hrvatska; tuberkulin test; PCR; hibridizacija
(M.avium hominissuis; pigs; Croatia; tuberculin test; PCR; hybridisation)

Sažetak
During a five-year period (2000 to 2004) 74, 342 pigs were tested by the intradermal tuberculin test in Croatia. Of them, 248 (0.33%) pigs were positive and 91 (0.12%) were found to be suspicious in 7 out of the 13 farms included in the study. Gross pathological changes characteristic of tuberculosis were observed in tuberculin-positive and/or suspicious swine. Mycobacterium was isolated from the lymph nodes of 183 out of 234 swine (78.2%). For better epidemiological understanding, isolates were typed by conventional methods, PCR and hybridisation. The results show that most of the isolates belonged to the Mycobacterium avium complex (175 isolates, 95.7%). Other isolates belonged to M. fortuitum (6 iso- lates, 3.3%), M. chelonae (1 isolate, 0.5%), and M. peregrinum (1 isolate, 0.5%). Isolated strains of the M. avium complex were identified as M. a. avium (37 iso- lates, 21.1%) and M. a. hominissuis (138 isolates, 78.9%).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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