SWINE-DYSENTERY - INOCULATION OF GNOTOBIOTIC PIGS WITH TREPONEMA HYODYSENTERIAE AND VIBRIO-COLI AND A PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 41 (3), 294-301
Abstract
Pure cultures of T. hyodysenteriae given orally to conventional pigs resulted in the development of swine dysentery, whereas identical cultures given to gnotobiotic pigs did not produce the disease. Oral inoculation of gnotobiotic pigs with V. coli and/or a Peptostreptococcus in addition to T. hyodysenteriae did not result in dysentery. Neutralization of gastric secretions with NaHCO3 immediately prior to inoculation with T. hyodysenteriae increased the period during which treponemes were evident in the feces, as did the inoculation of this organism via the intracecal route. None of the gnotobiotic pigs with a persistent fecal Treponema population developed signs of dysentery. Factors other than those investigated in this work must play a part in the etiology of swine dysentery.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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