海安县猪水肿病的流行病学与病原特性研究

对江苏省海安县2003年5月-2004年5月各乡镇猪水肿病的发病和死亡情况进行了流行病学调查,发现猪水肿病在该地区呈零星散发性发生,发病率为0.31%～1.84%,死亡率为0.07%～0.56%,病死率为16.0%～35.0%。水肿病主要侵害仔猪,育成猪也偶有发生,一般以气温比较高的季节多发。同时从疑似猪水肿病的病料中分离到12株大肠杆菌,经O血清型鉴定,5株为O139,2株为O45,O55、O93、O9、O101、O119各1株。经多重PCR检测毒素基因(STa、STb、LT、SLT-2e)和大肠杆菌粘附素单抗(F4、F5、F6、F41、F18)检测菌毛,共6个分离株带有SLT-2e基因,其中O139分离株5株,O55分离株1株,其余6株均带STb基因。12个分离株中,单独表达F18菌毛的4株(O1392株,O45、O119各1株),F5 F411株(O93),F41 F181株(O139),F5 F41 F182株(均为O139)。经药敏试验,多数分离菌株对壮观霉素和新霉素高度敏感。     

海安县猪水肿病的流行病学调查

对江苏省海安县2003年各乡镇猪水肿病的发病和死亡情况进行了流行病学调查，发现猪水肿病在海安地区呈零星散发，发病率为0．29％～1．36％，死亡率为0．08％～0．35％。从疑似猪水肿病的病料中分离到22株大肠埃希氏茵，其中12株经血清型鉴定，O139 5株，O15 2株，O55、O93、O9、O101、O119各1株。经多重PCR检测毒素基因和黏附素单抗检测菌毛，发现6个分离株带有SLT-Ⅱe基因，其余6株带有STb基因。单独表达F18茵毛的4株，F5 F41的1株，F41 F18的1株。F5 F41 F18的2株。药敏试验结果表明，多数分离株对恩诺沙星、庆大霉素、阿米卡星和壮观霉素高度敏感。     

一规模化猪场断奶仔猪腹泻大肠杆菌毒力因子的检测

从疑似断奶仔猪腹泻的仔猪中分离、鉴定出15株病原性大肠杆菌。经O血清型鉴定,11株为0131、4株未定型,所有O131血清型菌株呈β溶血。多重PCR检测毒素基因(STa、STb、LT、SLT-2e)和大肠杆菌粘附素单抗(F4、F5、F6、F41、F18)检测菌毛,O131菌株的毒素为STa、STb、SLT-2e,表达F18粘附素,未定型菌株的毒素为STa,共表达F6和F18粘附素。对15株大肠杆菌用16种抗生素进行药敏试验,结果表明:分离株对阿米卡星、痢特灵、新霉素敏感,而对多种抗生素产生了不同程度的耐药性。运用本场大肠杆菌分离株灭活苗免疫猪群,取得良好效果。     

猪水肿病大肠杆菌分离、鉴定及药敏试验

本实验从疑似猪水肿病的病例分离到5株大肠杆菌,O抗原鉴定结果表明所有菌株均为O139血清型;应用F18ab菌毛单克隆抗体对这5株大肠杆菌能否表达F18ab菌毛进行了鉴定,结果表明其中2个菌株能表达F18ab菌毛;利用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)对志贺氏菌样毒素Ⅱ型变异体(SLT-Ⅱe)操纵子基因保守区进行了扩增,结果发现在能表达F18ab菌毛2个菌株中可扩增一段特异性序列。以上数据表明这2株大肠杆菌为致仔猪水肿病大肠杆菌。药敏试验表明这两株菌株均对氟哌酸、妥布霉素、庆大霉素、利福平等抗生素高度敏感。     

猪水肿病大肠杆菌基因突变株的构建

应用定点突变技术将野生型猪水肿病大肠杆菌(O_(139))主要毒力基因SLT-Ⅱe A亚基中第167位谷氨酸和第170位精氨酸,分别突变为谷氨酰胺(E1670)和亮氨酸(R170L)后,获得突变基因SLT-Ⅱe~*。通过同源重组,将野生菌中的毒力基因SLT-Ⅱe替换为SLT-Ⅱe~*,构建了一株毒力基因突变株(SLT-Ⅱe~*)。实验结果显示,该突变菌株对Vero细胞的毒性是野生菌毒性的1/500。     

青海省部分仔猪水肿病病原的血清型鉴定

就青海省仔猪水肿病多发区分离鉴定的45株溶血性大肠杆菌进行了血清学定型，结果表明：已鉴定出血清型的菌株33株，占73．3％，12株未定出血清型，占26．7％；其中O8 10株(22．2％)，O25 1株(2．2％)，O101 1株(2．2％)，O138 3株(6．7％)，O139 7株(15．5％)，O141 5株(11．1％)，O149 6株(13．3％)。O抗原优势菌株分别为：O8、O139、O141、O139，占全部菌数的62．2％。     

上海地区猪源大肠杆菌血清型及其毒力因子分布调查

对上海地区分离的199株猪源大肠杆菌分离株进行血清型鉴定和毒力因子检测,使用大肠杆菌标准抗O因子血清进行玻片凝集试验;采用普通和多重PCR方法,对分离株进行STa、STb、LT、Stx2e等4种肠毒素和K88、K99、987P、F18、F41等5种黏附素检测。结果:199株猪源大肠杆菌分离株有110株鉴定出血清型,占检测菌株的55.28%,覆盖了30种血清型,优势血清型为O8、O45、O64、O78、O138、O157、O163、O7+O8,占定型菌株的60%。共有32株大肠杆菌检测到毒力因子,阳性率为16.08%,检测出9种毒力因子。其中有21株单独检测到肠毒素,占65.63%,STa和STb+LT阳性的菌株分别为14和4;6株单独检测到黏附素,3株菌株K99阳性;5株同时检测到肠毒素和黏附素。在32株毒力基因阳性的大肠杆菌中,有15株血清型定型,覆盖7种血清型,其中O138、O7+O8与肠毒素STa相关,O8、O45与STb+LT相关。研究表明,上海地区猪源大肠杆菌分离株优势血清型至少覆盖了包括O8、O45、O64、O78、O138、O163等在内的8种血清型;大肠杆菌分离株以产肠毒素为主,主要毒力因子包括黏附素K99和肠毒素STa、STb+LT等。     

断奶仔猪对毒力基因缺失大肠杆菌的免疫应答

为研究猪水肿病大肠杆菌SLT-Ⅱe编码基因突变菌株作为口服疫苗的免疫效果,本实验用构建的突变菌株(O139/SLT-Ⅱ e/07)口服免疫断奶仔猪后,检测突变菌株在仔猪肠道的定植情况,仔猪血清及粪便中的特异性抗体和细胞因子水平,并进行了免疫保护效力评价.结果显示,免疫后21 d仍能在实验1组(微胶囊口服免疫)和2组(直接口服免疫)的仔猪粪便中检出突变菌株;从免疫后第7 d、14 d和21 d开始,在实验1组血清样品中可分别检测到抗SLT-Ⅱ eA蛋白、F18ab菌毛蛋白和O139抗原的IgG抗体(P/N＞2);从免疫后第7 d、14 d开始,在粪便中可分别检测到抗SLT-Ⅱ eA蛋白、SLT-Ⅱ eB蛋白、O139抗原、F18ab菌毛蛋白的slgA抗体(P/N＞2);免疫仔猪血清中的INF-γ的含量升高;实验2组的血清特异性IgG水平和粪便中sIgA抗体水平比实验1组低;该突变菌株对仔猪具有免疫保护作用.研究结果表明该大肠杆菌基因突变株可作为仔猪水肿病口服疫苗的候选菌株.     

氧化苦参碱对SLT-2e作用下肠黏膜微血管内皮细胞分泌IL-8的影响

猪水肿病又称肠毒血症,是由某些O抗原型大肠杆菌引起的猪的致死性、细菌性传染病[1].1950年,Timoney F[2]等研究证实,猪水肿病的主要致病因子是志贺样毒素Ⅱ型变异体(SLT-2e).     

锦州地区猪大肠秆菌病流行病学调查

大肠杆菌病是猪的重要细菌性疫病，它的发生形式为仔猪黄痢、仔猪白痢和仔猪水肿病三种形式。为了调查锦州地区猪大肠杆菌病的流行情况，从锦州地区的6个区县发病猪场采集36份疑似猪大肠杆菌病病料进行细菌的分离和生化鉴定，分离到致病性大肠杆菌30株。应用微量平板凝集试验，对分离的30株致病菌进行了血清型鉴定，鉴定出30株共有8种血清型O2、O5、O8、O60、O101、O138、O139、O141。致病性大肠杆菌菌株占疑似猪大肠杆菌病菌株的83．3％。该调查研究针对锦州地区防治猪大肠杆菌病菌苗和筛选防治猪大肠杆菌病敏感药物提供了依据。     

Prevalence of a gene encoding adhesin involved in diffuse adherence among Escherichia coli isolates in pigs with postweaning diarrhea or edema disease.

A total of 604 Escherichia coli strains isolated from weaned pigs with diarrhea or edema disease on 653 swine farms were screened for the presence of the adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA) gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Escherichia coli isolates that carried AIDA genes were also tested by PCR for the detection of 5 fimbriae (F4, F5, F6, F18, and F41), 3 heat-stable (STa, STb, and EAST1) and 1 heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin, and Shiga toxin 2e (Stx2e) genes. Forty-five (7.5%) of the 604 E. coli isolates carried the gene for AIDA. Of these 45 isolates, 5 (11.1%) carried EAST1 genes only, 1 (2.2%) carried genes for at least one of the fimbrial adhesins, 12 (26.7%) carried genes for at least one of the toxins, and 27 (60%) carried genes for at least one of the fimbrial adhesins and toxins. Fifty-one percent of strains that carried AIDA genes carried Stx2e genes, and 40% of strains that carried AIDA genes carried F18ab. The isolation rate of enterotoxigenic E. coli strain carrying genes for AIDA was 87%, and the isolation rate of Shiga toxin-producing E. coil strain carrying genes for AIDA was 49%. AIDA may represent an important virulence determinant in pigs with postweaning diarrhea or edema disease.     

Prevalence of genotypes for fimbriae and enterotoxins and of O serogroups in Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheic piglets in Korea.

Polymerase chain reaction for 4 fimbriae (F4, F5, F6, F41), 2 heat-stable enterotoxins (STa, STb), and 1 heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) were performed on 400 Escherichia coli isolates to determine their genotype prevalence among enterotoxigenic E. coli isolates from preweaned pigs with diarrhea in the Republic of Korea. A total of 200 of the 400 E. coli isolates were also selected for characterization of the O serogroup. Of these 200 isolates, serogroup could be determined in 139 (69.5%) but not in 61 isolates (30.5%). Isolates of serogroup O101 were the most common, followed in descending order by 08, 020, 0162, 0141, and 0149. Ninety-seven (24.3%) of the 400 E. coli isolates carried genes for at least 1 of the entertoxins or fimbrial adhesins. Of these 97 isolates, 27 carried genes for at least 1 of the fimbrial adhesins and entertoxins. Sixty-six percent of the isolates that carried fimbrial adhesin genes carried genes for at least 1 of the enterotoxins, and 71% of the isolates that carried enterotoxin genes carried genes for at least 1 of the fimbrial adhesins. Genes for the F6 fimbriae were detected in 6% of the E. coli isolates, and F4+, F41+, and F5+ genes were detected in 4.3%, 3.3%, and 2% of the isolates, respectively. Genes for STa, STb, and LT were detected in 10%, 8.5%, and 4.3% of the isolates, respectively. The 6 major genotypes observed in this study (in decreasing order) were F6+, STb+, F41+, STa+STb+, F6+STa+, and STa+.     

The use of polymerase chain reaction for determination of virulence factors of Escherichia coli strains isolated from pigs in Poland.

E. coli strains isolated from pigs with postweaning diarrhea or edema disease were tested by phenotypic and genotypic methods for the presence of virulence antigens and genes, respectively. The slide agglutination and ELISA analyses were used for determination of F4, F5, F6, F17, and F41 fimbriae whereas the prevalence of fimbrial fedA and toxin eltI, estI, estII, stx1, stx2 and stx2e genes were recorded by the means of PCR. Only F4 antigen (ac variant) was found in strains of the serogroup O149:K91 isolated from pigs with diarrhea. PCR analyses showed that the fedA gene encoding F18 fimbriae was present in 61.9% of strains isolated from pigs with diarrhea and in 84.2% of strains isolated from pigs with edema disease. The eltI genes encoding heat-labile toxin I (LTI) were present only in 9 out of 21 strains recovered from pigs with diarrhea. Shiga toxin 2 variant (stx2e) genes were found in six isolates from edema disease and also in one strain from diarrhea. The PCR test used in the study was a sensitive and valuable method for determination of virulence factors of E. coli strains.     

Detection with nonradioactively labeled probes of the toxin genes of different E. coli pathotypes from swine]

We tested hemolytic E. coli from 86 pigs with edema disease or colidiarrhea. They were tested serologically and with nonradioactive digoxigenin-dUTP labelled probes for the presence of enterotoxin or Shiga-like-toxin genes. By slide-agglutination we detected 38 cases with E. coli O149:K88, 28 with E. coli O139:82B and 20 with E. coli O141. E. coli of serogroup O149:K88 isolated from diarrheic pigs, reacted with the probes for LT and STb genes. Edema disease E. coli O139:82B reacted with the SLTII probe. E. coli O141, isolated from colidiarrhea or edema disease showed a diversity of toxin gene patterns. All the E. coli O141 from diarrheic pigs reacted with the probes for LT and STap in addition to SLTII. No strains isolated from pigs with edema disease possessed any of these enterotoxin genes. Gene probe technique confirmed the serological method as useful tool for diagnosing E. coli O149:K88 and O139:82B as ETEC or VTEC, respectively. On the other hand only the demonstration of toxin genes with probes could explain the pathological findings in the pigs shedding E. coli of serogroup O141.     

Rapid identification of virulence genes in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates associated with diarrhoea in Queensland piggeries

OBJECTIVE: To identify virulence genes in enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC) isolates associated with diarrhoea in neonatal, 1 to 3 week-old and weaned pigs in southeast Queensland. DESIGN: Multiplex PCR and serotyping were applied to E coli isolates obtained over a 5-year period (1998-2002) from cases diagnosed at Toowoomba Veterinary Laboratory. PROCEDURE: A total of 126 isolates from 25 different Queensland piggeries were tested for haemolytic activity on 5% sheep blood agar and by multiplex PCR for the presence of five commonly recognised fimbrial (F4, F5, F6, F41 and F18) and three enterotoxin genes (STa, STb, LT). A subset of 62 representative isolates were serotyped by slide agglutination. For comparative purposes, multiplex PCR was also performed on the DNA of 31 ETEC isolates from 9 serotypes originating from piggeries in southern New South Wales. RESULTS: A total of 113 (89.7%) of the isolates from Queensland possessed ETEC virulence genes, including 14 of 15 isolates from neonatal pigs (93.3%), 18 of 23 isolates from 1 to 3 week old pigs (78.3%) and 81 of 88 isolates from weaned pigs (92.1%). F4:STa:STb:LT (serotype O149) was the most prevalent pathotype in neonatal and 1-3 week old pigs and F4:STa:STb:LT (serotype O149) and F18:STa:STb:LT (serotype O141) were most prevalent in weaned pigs. In comparison, isolates obtained from neonatal pigs from New South Wales belonged to a more diverse range of pathotypes and serotypes. CONCLUSION: Multiplex PCR was a rapid and specific method for detecting the presence of ETEC virulence genes in porcine E coli isolates. For isolates obtained from cases of suspected colibacillosis in Queensland, growth of a heavy pure culture of haemolytic E coli was a sensitive prognostic indicator of the presence of ETEC virulence genes in the isolate. ETEC pathotypes and serotypes remained stable in Queensland piggeries over the five-year study period and appear to have changed little over the last three decades.     

Prevalence of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains recently isolated from young pigs with diarrhea in the US

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)-associated post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is economically one of the most important diseases for the swine industry. Porcine ETEC strains typically express K88 or F18 fimbria and heat-labile (LT) and/or heat-stable (STa, STb) enterotoxins. However, recent studies indicate that EAST1 toxin, adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA-I) and porcine attaching and effacing-associated factor (paa) may also be expressed by ETEC strains associated with diarrhea. To better understand the virulence factors of E. coli strains that cause PWD, we applied PCR to screen for K88, F18, F41, 987P and K99 fimbrial genes; LT, STa, STb, Stx2e and EAST1 toxic genes; and AIDA-I, paa and EAE adhesin genes in E. coli strains recently isolated from young pigs with PWD in the US. Of 304 E. coli isolates from diarrheic pigs submitted for testing, 175 (57.6%) strains possessed fimbrial genes: K88 (64.6%), F18 (34.3%), F41 (0.57%), K99 (0.57%), 987P (0); toxin genes: LT (57.7%), STb (72.6%), STa (27.4%), STx2e (17.4%), EAST1 (35%); and adhesin genes: AIDA-I (26.9%), paa (60%), EAE (1.1%). All toxin genes except the EAST1 toxin gene, were almost exclusively associated with K88+ or F18+ isolates, and most of these isolates carried multiple toxin genes. The non-fimbrial adhesin paa was found present in over half of the K88+ isolates. A total of 129 (42%) isolates carried no fimbrial genes, including 66 (21.7%) isolates that did not have any of the above virulence genes. These results suggest a broad array of virulence genes associated with PWD in pigs.     

Prevalence of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (EAST1) gene in isolates in weaned pigs with diarrhea and/or edema disease

A total of 476 Escherichia coli isolated from weaned pigs with diarrhea and/or edema disease were screened for the presence of the enteroaggregative E. coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (EAST1) gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). E. coli strains that carried EAST1 genes were also tested by PCR for the presence of genes for five fimbriae (F4, F5, F6, F18 and F41), two heat-stable (STa and STb) and one heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin, and Shiga toxin 2e (Stx2e). One hundred and forty nine (31.3%) of the 476 E. coli isolates carried the gene for EAST1. Of these 149 isolates, 66 (44.3%) carried the east1 gene only and 83 (55.7%) carried genes for the fimbrial adhesins or enterotoxins. E. coli which carried east1 gene also possessed genes for STa or F4 frequently. EAST1 may represent an additional determinant in the pathogenesis of E. coli diarrhea in weaned pigs.     

Distribution of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrhoeic piglets in the Slovak Republic

Ninety-two Escherichia coli isolates from 14 to 28-day-old piglets that died because of diarrhoea were examined for genes for fimbriae (F4, F5, F6, F18 and F41), enterotoxins (STa, STb and LT), verotoxin (VT2e or Stx2e) and enteroaggregative heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (EAST1) by polymerase chain reaction. Twenty-two strains (24%) carried a gene for F4, whereas genes for F18, F6 and F5 + F41 were detected in 10.8, 3.3 and 1.1% of strains respectively. Genes for STb, LT, STa and Stx2e were detected in 40.2, 26.1, 14.1 and 1.1% of strains respectively. The astA gene was detected in 49 (53.3%) isolates, 35 of which also carried genes for enterotoxins and/or fimbriae. The major genotypes reached at (in decreasing order of prevalence) were F4/STb/LT/EAST1, F18/STa/STb/EAST1, STb/EAST1, F6/STa/STb/EAST1 and F18/STb/EAST1.     

Genotypic prevalence of the fimbrial adhesins (F4, F5, F6, F41 and F18) and toxins (LT, STa, STb and STx2e) in Escherichia coli isolated from postweaning pigs with diarrhoea or oedema disease in Korea

A PCR was used to determine the genotypic prevalence of five fimbrial adhesins (F4, F5, F6, F41 and F18), two heat-stable enterotoxins (STa and STb), the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), and the shiga toxin 2e (Stx2e) in 230 isolates of Escherichia coli from postweaning pigs with diarrhoea or oedema disease. Ninety-four (40.9 per cent) of the isolates carried genes for at least one of the fimbrial adhesins or toxins. Genes for the F18 fimbrial adhesin were detected in 18.3 per cent, and genes for F4, F6, F5 and F41 were detected in 10.0 per cent, 4.3 per cent, 1.7 per cent and 0.8 per cent of the isolates, respectively. Genes for STa, STb and LT were detected in 25.7 per cent, 15.2 per cent and 8.7 per cent of the isolates, respectively. Genes for Stx2e were detected in 36 (15.6 per cent) of the isolates, and among them 24 also contained the gene for F18ab and four also contained the gene for F18ac.     

Prevalence of enterotoxigenic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis> virulence genes from scouring piglets in Zimbabwe

World-wide, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC)-induced diarrhea are economically important for porcine producers. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of toxin and fimbrial genes among E. coli isolated from diarrheic piglets from randomly selected piggeries in Zimbabwe.We used multiplex PCR for screening STa, STb, LT, and Stx-2e toxins. Subsequently F4, F5, F6, F18 and F41 fimbriae genes were screened in toxin positive isolates. Toxin positive strains lacking tested fimbriae genes were characterized using transmission electron microscopy, agglutination and agglutination inhibition tests. Approximately 32% of the 1,984 isolates tested positive for STa, STb, LT or Stx-2e genes. Of these, approximately 81% had F4, F5, F6, F18 or F41 fimbriae genes. The remaining toxin positive strains lacked tested fimbriae genes and appeared to either express F1-like fimbriae, or lacked fimbriae. The data constitute an important framework for implementation of prevention measures, such as using relevant fimbriae-based vaccines against ETEC induced diarrhea or VTEC-induced edema.