Correlation of salmonella spp. In pigs at slaugther as determined by bacterial culture and salmonella ELISA

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1997
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Burkhart, K.
Oppedahl, A.
Roof, M.
Kolb, J.
Nielsen, Bent
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International Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork
Iowa State University Conferences and Symposia

The SafePork conference series began in 1996 to bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. In subsequent years topics of research presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production.

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The purpose of this study was to detennine the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pigs at slaughter by bacterial culture, and serology using the Danish Mix-ELISA. Fecal samples and mesenteric lymph nodes were collected from 20 farms (30-35 samples per farm) and cultured for Salmonella on XLD agar following a pre-enrichment in buffered peptone water at 37° C for 24 hours and enrichment in Rappaport-Vassiliadis broth at 42° C for 24 hours. Eighteen of 20 farms yielded at least one positive sample by culture with farm sample prevalence ranging from 3.3% to 96.6%. There were 16 different serotypes of Salmonella isolated. Individual farms had from 0 - 6 different serotypes detected by bacteriologic examination. The Danish Mix-ELISA, developed by Nielsen et al. and currently used in the Danish slaughter plants, was used to test sera collected at slaughter. Using the Mix-ELISA, 16/20 farms were positive with farm sample prevalence ranging from 28.6% to 100%. In comparing the farms, there was a direct correlation between lymph node culture and MixELISA detection levels. These data suggest that the Mix-ELISA may be a valuable herd screening tool for the evaluation of Salmonella levels in U.S. swine herds. Also, these data suggest that vaccination of pigs with SC-54 significantly reduces the prevalence of Salmonella when measured by serology, mesenteric lymph node culture, and fecal culture.

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