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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0001-5068-6352
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0002-2553-1129
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.31229en
cg.identifier.urlhttp://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/31229en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1951-6711en
cg.issue1-2en
cg.journalRevue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicauxen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen
cg.volume71en
dc.contributor.authorMusewa, A.en
dc.contributor.authorRoesel, Kristinaen
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.en
dc.contributor.authorErume, J.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-21T07:51:03Zen
dc.date.available2018-09-21T07:51:03Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97463
dc.titleDetection of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in naturally infected pigs in Kamuli District, Ugandaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-09-09
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
dcterms.extentpp. 97-101en
dcterms.issued2018-09-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherCentre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développementen
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectswineen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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