Piglets are a source of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica on fattening-pig farms.

ABSTRACT: To study the origin and spread of Yersinia enterocolitica among pigs, fecal and blood samples were repeatedly taken on a fattening farm. A few piglets were found to be already infected on breeding farms. After the piglets were mixed, the infection spread through the whole unit. Eventually, all the pigs excreted the pathogen.

SUBMITTER: Virtanen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3318797 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature