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Estimation of the Salmonella enterica prevalence in finishing swine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2004

H. S. HURD ,
J. D. McKEAN ,
R. D. GRIFFITH  and
M. H. ROSTAGNO
H. S. HURD
Affiliation:
Pre-Harvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Unit, Ames, IA 50010, USA
J. D. McKEAN
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
R. D. GRIFFITH
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
M. H. ROSTAGNO
Affiliation:
Pre-Harvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Unit, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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Abstract

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The study objective was to evaluate three methods of Salmonella enterica prevalence estimation in swine herds (faecal culture, culture of abattoir-collected samples, and serum ELISA). From each of six swine herds, we necropsied approximately 100 finishing pigs (>70 kg); one-half on farm and the other half at the abattoir, after transport and approximately 2·5 h holding. We collected the same samples for S. enterica culture at both locations (1 g faecal, 10 g caecal contents, ileocaecal lymph nodes, superficial inguinal lymph nodes, 25 g of gluteal muscle for serum ELISA). On farm, the 1 g faecal sample only detected 13·3% (2/15) of all positive pigs necropsied on farm. However, with abattoir and on-farm results combined, the faecal sample detected 57·4% (74/129) of positive pigs. Abattoir-collected samples provided prevalence estimates much higher than on-farm collected samples (39·9 vs. 5·3%; P<0·001). This study shows that faecal samples have a low sensitivity for detecting infected pigs and that abattoir-collected samples overestimate the on-farm S. enterica prevalence. For most herds, serology overestimated the on-farm culture prevalence.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 132 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 127 - 135
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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