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Article Dans Une Revue Veterinary Research Année : 2005

Salmonella in sows: a longitudinal study in farrow-to-finish pig herds

Nathalie Nollet
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Kurt Houf
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Jeroen Dewulf
Aart de Kruif
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Lieven de Zutter
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Dominiek Maes
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Besides finishing pigs, sows are also believed to be important in the epidemiology of Salmonella. The study objective was to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella excretion in sows during an entire reproductive cycle. In 3 farrow-to-finish herds, groups of 34, 40 and 32 sows, respectively, were sampled serially. Faecal samples, environmental swabs and feed samples were taken and submitted to a qualitative Salmonella isolation. All isolates were characterised using RAPD and a representative number of isolates was serotyped. The prevalence of Salmonella excretion was < 10% during gestation, around farrowing and during lactation, but a significant increase in the number of Salmonella excreting sows was found in herds A (p < 0.01) and C (p = 0.02) after weaning. S. Infantis was the most prevalent serotype in herd A, S. Derby in herds B and C. Except for the S. Infantis group in herd A, all isolates within each group of the RAPD analysis belonged to the same serotype. Three sows in herd A and 1 sow in herd C shed different serotypes at different time points. The present results indicate that sows can maintain Salmonella infections in farrow-to-finish herds and that culled sows, leaving the herd after weaning, may constitute a substantial risk for contamination of their carcasses with Salmonella.
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Nathalie Nollet, Kurt Houf, Jeroen Dewulf, Aart de Kruif, Lieven de Zutter, et al.. Salmonella in sows: a longitudinal study in farrow-to-finish pig herds. Veterinary Research, 2005, 36 (4), pp.645-656. ⟨10.1051/vetres:2005022⟩. ⟨hal-00902990⟩
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