Investigation of haemorrhagic enteritis in pygmy hogs (Sus salvanius) from India

Autor:	B. R. Shome, Shome R, Das A, Habibur Rahman, B. K. Dutta, Sharma Gd, K. M. Bujarbaruah
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	biology Sequence analysis Toxin General Medicine Clostridium perfringens medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology law.invention Enteritis law Suidae medicine Animal Science and Zoology Clostridial infection Pygmy hog Polymerase chain reaction
Zdroj:	Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE. 29:687-693
ISSN:	0253-1933
DOI:	10.20506/rst.29.3.2010
Popis:	The pygmy hog is a representative of the smallest and rarest wild species of known living Suidae. This paper reports the investigation of haemorrhagic enteritis encountered amongst the pygmy hogs at the Research and Breeding Centre of the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme, Guwahati, Assam, India. Three out of 68 pygmy hogs died of enteric infection. Post-mortem examination and bacteriological investigation of two out of the three animals that died revealed clostridial infection. The isolates harboured two plasmids of molecular weight 42.8 kilobases (kb) and 51.9 kb. Clostridium perfringens Type A positive for the beta2 toxin (cpb2) gene was detected by polymerase chain reaction. Sequence analysis of the partial alpha toxin (cpa) gene showed 98% to 100% homology with isolates from different geographical locations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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