Detection of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in naturally infected pigs in Kamuli District, Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0001-5068-6352en_US
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0002-2553-1129en_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.31229en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttp://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/31229en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1951-6711en_US
cg.issue1-2en_US
cg.journalRevue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicauxen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen_US
cg.volume71en_US
dc.contributor.authorMusewa, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoesel, Kristinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorErume, J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-21T07:51:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-09-21T07:51:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97463en_US
dc.titleDetection of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in naturally infected pigs in Kamuli District, Ugandaen_US
dcterms.abstractSwine erysipelas is an economically significant disease affecting all stages of pork production. The biggest losses may occur in growers-finishers because of sudden death or acute septicemia. Survivors often suffer from chronic lameness, arthritis and endocarditis leading to poor body growth. The causative agent is the ubiquitous bacterium Erysipelothrix (E.) rhusiopathiae, which is also able to enter the skin of people handling infected animals and meat and cause infection. In order to show the presence of E. rhusiopathiae in pigs, serum samples from 426 randomly selected pigs were collected in four subcounties (Bugulumbya, Butansi, Kitayunwa and Namwendwa) in Kamuli District in Uganda, as part of a multipathogen survey conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute in 2013. Subsequently, 100 samples of fresh pork were collected from all 67-pork slaughterhouses operating in the same subcounties for isolation and bacterial culture. Overall, 308/460 (67%) of the pig sera carried antibodies against E. rhusiopathiae and 45/100 (45%) of the fresh pork samples were contaminated with E. rhusiopathiae. This is the first ever report of E. rhusiopathiae in pigs and pork in Uganda.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2018-09-09en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMusewa, A., Roesel, K., Grace, D., Dione, M. and Erume, J. 2018. Detection of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in naturally infected pigs in Kamuli District, Uganda. Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux 71(1–2): 31229.en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 97-101en_US
dcterms.issued2018-09-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCentre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développementen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectswineen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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