猪链球菌的分离与鉴定

文章对分离的4株猪源链球菌进行了鉴定，其形态，染色、培养及生化特性均符合链球菌的特点。用链球菌乳胶分型诊断液检潮上述分离株，均不在其检测范围，即不属于链球菌兰氏分群的A-G群，但它们凝集猪链球菌2型抗血清。分离株对小鼠不致病，而对家兔则可致病。     

上海地区猪源链球菌分离株的病原特性鉴定

1997－1999年从上海地区分离出15株猪源链球菌，结合培养特性、生化特性及血清定型等对其进行了鉴定。其形态、染色及培养特性基本符合链球菌的特点，大多具有α或β溶血，生化试验结果不稳定。用国际通用的链球菌A－G乳胶分型诊断液和猪链球菌1、2型标准阳性血清检测5株分离菌，4株为C群链球菌，1株为2型猪链球菌，1株为B群链球菌，1株为D群链球菌，1株与A群和C群有交叉反应，7株不在其检测范围。小鼠对15株分离菌的敏感性有所不同。本试验表明，上海地区猪链球菌病的病原已不再是单一的C群链球菌。对新出现的2型猪链球菌，应引起足够重视。     

冀东地区猪链球菌病病原的特性

对2003－2004年从河北省秦皇岛、唐山分离获得的48株猪源链球菌，进行了生物学特性鉴定及血清分群。其形态、染色及培养特性基本符合链球菌特征，大多具有α或β溶血。用国际通用的链球菌A-G乳胶分型诊断液检测48株分离菌．结果表明，猪源链球菌血清群以兰氏D群为主，占47．9％（23／48），其次为C群，占37．5％（18／48），A群、B群各1株，其他5株未检测出。致病性试验表明，供试菌株均能使小鼠、家兔和猪感染发病甚至死亡。试验提示，冀东地区猪链球菌病的病原以兰氏D群为主，在防治方面应引起重视。     

猪链球菌2型广西分离株的生物学特性鉴定

猪链球菌2型是一种人兽共患病原菌,主要引起猪脑膜炎、关节炎、心内膜炎、败血症和突然死亡等。在我国许多地方发病率呈不断上升趋势。各年龄段的猪都可感染此病,但多发于3～12周龄的猪,尤其是断奶仔猪易感染此病。猪链球菌2型不但对猪有致病性,而且可引起人的感染并致死。我国江苏省、四川省部分地区暴发2型猪链球菌病导致人员感染致死。本试验对从发病猪中分离到的链球菌株进行了形态、培养特性和使用猪链球2型、1型抗血清进行凝集试验,结果证明4株细菌为荚膜2型猪链球菌。PCR方法检测其5种毒力因子和对仔猪、家兔、小鼠的致病性试验。现将鉴定和试验结果报告如下。     

猪源链球菌的分离与鉴定

从浙江地区98例发病样品猪猪体共分离到56(57％)株猪源链球菌，对12株典型分离株进行培养特性、生化特性及血清型的鉴定，多数具α或β溶血，其中C群链球菌8株。L群链球菌1株，2型猪链球菌2株。未定群1株。小鼠对12株分离株的敏感性有一定的差异。结果表明：浙江地区分离到的猪链球菌已不是单一的C群链球菌，且C群中也不是以往的马链球菌兽疫链球菌亚种。而是停乳链球菌似马亚种。并首次分离到猪链球菌2型。     

猪链球菌2型与公共卫生

猪链球菌2型又称猪链球菌血清2型或英膜2型链球菌，人医称血液链球菌2型，分类上属兰氏分类法的R群。1954年在英国从暴发败血症、脑膜炎和关节炎的乳猪中分离到1株α-溶血猪链球菌，Elliot（1968年）按荚膜分类法把此菌命名为荚膜2型猪链球菌。之后，2型猪链球菌在澳大利亚、美国、丹麦、泰国、新加坡、加拿大及欧洲和北美洲的国家导致猪只发病，我国1990年在广东省首次发现类似此血清型链球菌的存在。     

东北地区猪群链球菌分离鉴定及流行病学调查分析

为了解猪链球菌在东北地区正常猪群中的流行情况,对黑龙江、吉林、辽宁省等地无菌采集的2 204份鼻拭子接入含有1‰抗生素的链球菌液体选择培养基中,37℃静止培养24 h,挑取细菌培养物涂片,革兰氏染色后镜检,将镜检为革兰氏阳性的链球菌利用PCR方法进行猪链球菌种的鉴定,在此基础上再利用PCR方法进行猪链球菌1、2、7、9血清型的分型鉴定.结果显示,黑龙江、吉林、辽宁3省猪群链球菌的携带率分别为29%、27%、34%,东北地区分离得到猪链球菌共155株,其中1型猪链球菌7株,2型猪链球菌39株,7型猪链球菌4株,9型猪链球菌11株,其他型猪链球菌94株.     

四川猪2型链球菌病的PCR检测

2005年7月中下旬，四川贵阳等地人、猪陆续发生一种发病惠、死亡快、高度散发的疾病，从病死猪组织中分离出19株链球菌，设计合成3对引物，分别对分离菌株进行了猪链球菌16SrRNA、CPS2J、MRP基因片段扩增，有15株菌3个基因的扩增结果均为阳性，表明此次疲情的病原为猪2型链球菌。     

猪链球菌2型的鉴定及其毒力因子检测

猪链球菌的感染不仅对养猪业造成巨大的损失,同时对公共卫生尤其是相关从业人员的生命造成威胁,严重感染引起死亡.根据参考文献,设计了1对猪链球菌2型特异性引物.对四川分离的7株链球菌、江苏分离的1株、北京分离的6株和菌种中心保存的5株C群马链球菌兽疫亚种、1株D群链球菌、4株R型链球菌、2株S群链球菌和E、F、G、K、L、M、N、O、P群链球菌各1株进行了检测.结果7株四川分离株均为2型;1株江苏分离株为2型;6株北京分离株有3株为2型;1株R群、2株s群链球菌为2型猪链球菌.对检测出的14株猪链球菌2型的毒力因子做进一步检测.MRP基因检出率为92.9%(13/14);EF基因检出率为100%(14/14);sly基因检出率为71.4%(10/14);Cps2A基因检出率为92.9%(13/14);gapdh基因检出率为64.3%(9/14);FBPS基因检出率为92.9%(13/14);orf2基因检出率为71.4%(10/14).毒力因子全为阳性的菌株有6株,MRP-EF+菌株有2株.本研究从259份健康猪扁桃体中分离到16株2型猪链球菌,健康猪带菌率为6.2%(16/259).16株猪链球菌2型中,MRP、EF、Cps2A全为阴性,只从1株2型猪链球菌中检测到了sly基因(1/16);gapdh基因检出率为56.25%(9/16);FBPS基因检出率为75.0%(12/16);Orf2基因检出率为37.5%(6/16).     

猪源链球菌的分离鉴定及生物学特性研究

通过生化试验、药敏试验、PCR分型、毒力基因的PCR检测及动物试验对分离的猪源链球菌进行药物敏感性、血清型和分子流行病学初步研究。从不同省份猪链球菌病疑似病例猪的心血、肝、淋巴结、脑和关节液组织分离出97株链球菌,药敏试验结果表明各菌株对13种抗菌素的耐药谱不同,但对先锋霉素V和环丙沙星的耐药率均低于5%。通过对分离菌株进行PCR鉴定和分型,确认26株为猪链球菌,其中1株为1型,16株为2型,4株为7型,没有9型,另5株为其它型。进一步对1型、2型和7型猪链球菌mrp、epf和sly3种毒力基因的分布情况进行了PCR检测。动物试验表明能100%致死小白鼠的猪链球菌基因型均为epf^＋mrp^＋sly^＋2型猪链球菌,1株2型和1株7型猪链球菌均能复制出典型的猪链球菌病例。     

猪Ghrelin基因的克隆及原核表达

从猪下丘脑、胃等组织中提取总RNA，根据已发表的猪的Ghrelin mRNA序列设计合成引物，通过RT-PCR进行cDNA扩增，获得了282bp的片段。将该片段克隆于pMD-18T载体后进行序列分析，确认PCR产物为Ghrelin cDNA。从阳性克隆中提取质粒，经NheⅠ和XhoⅠ双酶切，回收282bp的目的片段，定向克隆到pET-28a表达载体中，提取质粒并再次转化到BL21（DE3）中，成功地筛选出阳性克隆。经IPTG诱导阳性菌，通过SDS-PAGE检测出猪Ghrelin基因的表达．     

Experimental infections of mice and pigs with Streptococcus suis type 2.

Five inbred strains of mice were tested for their susceptibility to Streptococcus suis type 2 including the type strain, two isolates from meningitis in pigs and two isolates from tonsils of clinically healthy pigs. C57BL/6, ICR and ddY strain mice showed lower susceptibility to all strains of S. suis type 2 than BALB/c and SS strain mice. The type strain and the isolates from diseased pigs produced septicaemia and meningitis in BALB/c and SS mice inoculated with 10(8) colony forming unit of the bacteria and 60 to 100% of these infected mice died. On the other hand, mice inoculated with the isolates from healthy pigs showed mild clinical signs but none of them died. In BALB/c mice which died or developed nervous signs, the purulent meningo-encephalitis, myocarditis, ophthalmitis, labyrinthitis and otitis media were observed. S. suis type 2 antigen was demonstrated in these lesions by immunoperoxidase staining using rabbit S. suis type 2 antiserum. These results were similar to those in the experimentally infected pigs with these virulent and avirulent strains against mice. These results indicate that BALB/c and SS strains of mice are useful as an experimental model of S. suis type 2 infections in pigs, and that there are virulent and avirulent strains against mice and pigs among the strains of S. suis type 2.     

Analysis of non-porcine isolates of Actinobacillus suis.

Twenty-four Actinobacillus suis isolates obtained from several species of non-porcine mammals were compared to the representative porcine strains, ATCC 15557 (serotype O1) and H89-1173 (serotype O2), by O serotyping, DNA fingerprinting, PCR amplification of apxICA, apxIICA and apxIIICA toxin genes and by rrs (16S rRNA) gene sequencing. Only two strains, both equine, reacted with O1 antiserum while two others, one canine and the other feline, reacted with O2 antiserum. One equine strain reacted weakly with both antisera. No amplification of apx genes was found with the non-porcine O1 or the "not O1/O2" strains but amplification of the apxICA and apxIICA genes was observed with the two O2 strains. In addition, these two O2 strains had both BamHI and BglII fingerprints that were very similar to the porcine O2 reference strain, H89-1173 and rrs gene sequences that were identical to the A. suis reference strain ATCC 15557. Taken together, these data suggest that although many non-porcine A. suis isolates are not A. suis (sensu stricto), some isolates are genotypically as well as phenotypically similar to A. suis.     

Passive immunization of pigs against experimental infection with Streptococcus suis serotype 2

The safety and protective efficacy of a horse antiserum raised against inactivated whole cell preparations of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 was investigated in pigs by experimental challenge. The antiserum was evaluated in two similar experiments each comprising 12 4-week-old pigs treated with 6 ml of antiserum the day before challenge and four pigs used as challenge controls. Pigs were infected by subcutaneous injection with approximately 10(11) colony forming units of S. suis serotype 2. Clinical disease in the pigs that could be attributed to infection with S. suis was reduced from 88 to 35% (P = 0.015). The percentage of pigs with lesions that could be associated with S. suis was reduced from 88 to 22% (P = 0.002) and isolation of S. suis serotype 2 was reduced from five (63%) out of eight pigs in the combined challenge control groups to 3 (13%) out of 23 pigs in the combined treatment groups. These results indicate that passive immunization of pigs may be a way to reduce or control S. suis serotype 2 infections in pigs.     

Streptococcus suis serotypes associated with disease in weaned pigs

Streptococcus suis was recovered from 9 outbreaks of septicaemia and meningitis in weaned pigs between 1979 and 1983. Fifteen isolates from 7 outbreaks were identified as S. suis type 9, and 3 isolates from 2 outbreaks as S. suis type 2. Three further isolates of S. suis type 2 and an isolate of S. suis type 3 were recovered from cases of bronchopneumonia in weaned pigs from 4 other piggeries.     

Rapid detection of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 in weaned pigs

A survey to detect Streptococcus suis serotype 2 in 1,716 weaned pigs was done in Quebec. Forty-nine sow herds were included in this survey: in 26 herds, S suis serotype 2 had been isolated during the preceding 12 months and in 23 herds (control), the organism had not been detected during a previous study. Swab specimens of the nasal cavity and tonsils of pigs were obtained for bacteriologic culture, and S suis serotype 2 was easily detected by the use of brain-heart infusion agar containing a Streptococcus-selective supplement and 5% goat antiserum raised against S suis serotype 2. After measurement of the diameter of the precipitation zone of 539 isolates, a slide agglutination test was performed to identify the S suis serotype 2 isolates. The mean precipitation zone diameter obtained for group S suis serotype 2 was larger (P less than 0.001) than that for the group designated as "others". With slide agglutination test results as reference and on the basis of discriminant analysis to stimulate detection of S suis serotype 2, 93.1% of all isolates were correctly classified, using the precipitation zone diameter as unique classification criterion. Relative specificity was 94.5% and relative sensitivity was 88.7%. Use of the precipitation zone diameter on a quantitative basis led to the proposal of a simple and reliable technique to screen swine herds for S suis serotype 2 in weaned pigs. Nasal and tonsillar swab specimens were obtained and analyzed concurrently for S suis serotype 2. The organism was found in both sites in only 20.4% of 103 carrier pigs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

致病性猪链球菌2型的病原分离鉴定及毒力因子的PCR检测

通过对广西某猪场急性死亡的猪进行病原分离,分离到革兰氏阳性球菌,用链球菌快速鉴定试剂条Rapid ID 32 Strep鉴定为猪链球菌2型;并对分离菌进行猪链球菌2型荚膜多糖抗原（cps2J）及其重要毒力因子溶菌酶释放蛋白（MRP）、细胞外蛋白因子（EF）和溶血素（SLY）的多重PCR检测,同时对cps2J基因进行序列测定,与GenBank发表的猪链球菌2型相比,同源性为98.8%,毒力因子MRP、EF和SLY检测均为阳性,证实广西某猪场急性死亡的猪为高毒力猪链球菌2型感染所致。动物试验中,该菌可引起小白鼠部分死亡,家兔体温最高升至40.3℃,最后败血而死。