Clearance of Streptococcus suis in Stomach Contents of Differently Fed Growing Pigs

Clearance of Streptococcus suis in Stomach Contents of Differently Fed Growing Pigs

Streptococcus (S.) suis translocates across the intestinal barrier of piglets after intraintestinal application. Based on these findings, an oro-gastrointestinal infection route has been proposed. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the survival of S. suis in the porcine stomach. Whereas surviving bacteria of S. suis serotypes 2 and 9 were not detectable after 60 min of incubat...

Molecular typing of Streptococcus suis from pigs in Cuba

Streptococcus suis is a bacterium commonly carried by pigs in the respiratory tract; thus the infections caused by virulent strains are considered a problem in the swine industry. A successful approach for the identifi cation of virulent strains is the differentiation of capsular serotypes using specifi c antisera or the corresponding cps types by genotypic assessment, with the subsequent detec...

PK-PD Analysis of Marbofloxacin against Streptococcus suis in Pigs

Marbofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic and highly effective treatment for respiratory diseases. Here we aimed to evaluate the ex vivo activity of marbofloxacin against Streptococcus suis in pig serum, as well as the optimal dosages scheme for avoiding the fluoroquinolone resistance development. A single dose of 8 mg/kg body weight (bw) was administrated orally to healthy pigs and serum s...

Outbreak associated with Streptococcus suis in pigs, China.

The effect of inulin on new and on patent infections of Trichuris suis in growing pigs.

The objective of this experiment was to investigate the potential influence of inulin on the establishment of new and patent infections of Trichuris suis in growing pigs. Two experimental diets were formulated based on barley flour with either added insoluble fibre from oat husk (Diet 1) or a pure inulin (16%) supplementation (Diet 2). Twenty-eight 10-week-old pigs were divided randomly into 4 ...