Serologic characterization and typing of the toxins produced by strains of Escherichia coli isolated from swines with diarrhoea in the state of São Paulo

Authors

  • Simone Assis Rosa de Aquino Viegas Empresa Agropecuária da Bahia
  • Roberto Mitio Yanaguita Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, SP
  • Edgar de Aquino Viegas Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Medicina Veterinária
  • Luzinete Alves Silva Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, SP
  • Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.1992.52009

Keywords:

Swine diarrhoea, Escherichia coli, Enterotoxins

Abstract

Faecal samples were collectcd from 85 piglets with diarrhoea in five pig farms located in the Municipalities of Bragança Paulista and Guarulhos in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The presence of thermostable entcrotoxin (STa), was achieved by the new-born mouse test; whereas for the (STb) type, it was used the test in tied loops of pig bowel. Among the serogroups investigated, the 0149 was found in 19 (22.35%) isolations, having 16 (18.82%) of them producing STa entcrotoxin, and three (3.52%) the STa and STb types. In the serogroup 0139, e ight (9.41%) strains produced STa enterotoxin. The serogroups 010, 0119, 0148 and 0158 produced only the STa enterotoxin. However, the serogroup 020 presented some more features: one (1.17%) sample had STb enterotoxin and two (2.35%) produced, simultaneously, STa and STb. Two (2.35%) STa entcrotoxin positive samples were observed, in the serogroups 035 and 0157.

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Published

1992-12-03

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Section

ANIMAL PATHOLOGY

How to Cite

Serologic characterization and typing of the toxins produced by strains of Escherichia coli isolated from swines with diarrhoea in the state of São Paulo. (1992). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 29(supl.), 394-398. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.1992.52009