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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Vol 4, Issue 1, 28-30
Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

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An investigation of bacterial causes of arthritis in slaughter hogs

H Hariharan, J MacDonald, B Carnat, J Bryenton, and S Heaney

Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada.

Joints from 153 arthritic and 80 normal slaughter hogs were examined by culture for presence of bacteria. Although none of the normal joints yielded bacteria, 37% of the disease joints were positive for bacterial growth. Of 67 bacterial isolates obtained, 45% were Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Occurrence of other bacteria in order of their frequency was Streptococcus suis (16%), Actinomyces pyogenes (10%), Mycoplasma spp. including 3 M. hyorhinis isolates (7%), staphylococci (7%), Streptococcus spp. (6%), and organisms of uncertain significance (7%).




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