Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis in finishing swine raised in different production systems in North Carolina, USA

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Davies, P R ^a   Morrow, W E M ^a   Deen, J ^a   Gamble, H R ^b   Patton, S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pig parasitological diseases; Production systems; Toxoplasma gondii; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0032540797     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00072-5     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Acha, P.N., Szyfres, B., 1987. Trichinosis. In: Acha, P., Szyfres, B., (Eds.), Zoonoses and Communicable Diseases Common to Man and Animals. Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, pp. 820-834.
2. Anon., 1995. Final report for the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service by the Animal Production Technical Analysis Group. April 17, 1995.
3. Assadi-Rad, A.M., New, J.C., Patton, S., 1995. Risk factors associated with transmission of Toxoplasma gondii to sows kept in different management systems in Tennessee. Vet. Parasitol. 57, 289-297.
4. Bailey, T.M., Schantz, P.M., 1990. Trends in the incidence and transmission patterns of trichinosis in humans in the United States: Comparisons of the periods 1975-1981 and 1982-1986. Rev. Inf. Dis. 12, 5-11.
5. Berends, B.R., van Snidjers, J.M.A., Logestijn, J.G., 1993. Efficacy of current EC meat inspection procedures and some proposed revisions with respect to microbiological safety: A critical review. Vet. Rec. 133, 411-415.
6. Cannon, R.M., Roe, R.T., (Eds.), 1982. Livestock Disease Surveys: A Field Manual for Veterinarians. Australian Bureau of Animal Health, Canberra, 35pp ISBN-O-664-02101-2.
7. Cowen, P., Li, S., McGinn, T., 1990. Survey of trichinosis in breeding and cull swine using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Am. J. Vet. Res. 51, 924-928.
8. Davies, P.R., Morrow, W.E.M., Jones, F.T., Deen, J., Fedorka-Cray, P.J., Harris, I.T., 1997. Prevalence of Salmonella in finishing swine raised in different production systems in North Carolina, USA. Epidemiol. Infect. 119, 237-244.
9. Desmonts, G., Remington, J.S., 1980. Direct agglutination test for diagnosis of Toxoplasma infection: Method for increasing sensitivity and specificity. J. Clin. Microbiol. 11, 562-568.
10. Dial, G.D., Wiseman, B.S., Davies, P.R., Marsh, W.E., Molitor, T.W., Morrison, R.B., Thawley, D.G., 1992. Methods used in the USA for improving the health status of swine herds. Pig News Info. 13, 111N-123N.
11. Dorn, C.R., 1993. Review of food-borne outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in the western United States. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 230, 1583-1587.
12. Dubey, J.P., 1988. Long-term persistence of Toxoplasma gondii in tissues of pigs inoculated with T. gondii oocysts and effect of freezing on viability of tissue cysts in pork. Am. J. Vet. Res. 49, 910-913.
13. Dubey, J.P., 1990. Status of toxoplasmosis in pigs in the United States. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 196, 270-274.
14. Dubey, J.P., Murrell, K.D., Payer, R., Schad, G.A., 1986. Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii cysts in commercial cuts of pork. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 188, 1035-1037.
15. Dubey, J.P., Leighty, J.C., Beal, V.C., Anderson, W.R., Andrews, C.D., Thulliez, P., 1991. National seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pigs. J. Parasitol. 77, 517-521.
16. Dubey, J.P., Thulliez, P., Powell, E.C., 1995a. Toxoplasma gondii in Iowa sows: Comparison of antibody titers to isolation of T. gondii by bioassays in mice and cats. J. Parasitol. 81, 48-53.
17. Dubey, J.P., Thulliez, P., Weigel, R.M., Andrews, C.D., Lind, P., Powell, E.C., 1995b. Sensitivity and specificity of various serologic tests for detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in naturally infected sows. Am. J. Vet. Res. 56, 1030-1036.
18. Dubey, J.P., Weigel, R.M., Siegel, A.M., Thulliez, P., Kitron, U.D., Mitchell, M.A., Mannelli, A., Mateus-Pinilla, N.E., Shen, S.K., Kwok, O.C.H., Todds, K.S., 1995c. Sources and reservoirs of Texoplasma gondii infection on 47 swine farms in Illinois, J. Parasitol. 81, 723-729.
19. Dubey, J.P., Andrews, C.D., Lind, P., Kock, O.C.H., Thuliez, P., Lunney, J.K., 1996. Antibody responses measured by various serologic test in pigs orally inoculated with low numbers of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. Am. J. Vet. Res. 57, 1733-1737.
20. Frenkel, J.K., 1990. Transmission of toxoplasmosis and the role of immunity in limiting transmission and illness. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 196, 233-240.
21. Gamble, H.R., 1993. Larval (L1) antigens for the serodiagnosis of trichinellosis in swine and other species. In: Campbell, W., Pozio, E., Bruschi, F., (Eds.), Trichinellosis. Instituto Superiore di Sanita Press, Rome, pp. 323-330.
22. Hanbury, R.D., Doby, P.B., Miller, H.O., Murrell, K.D., 1986. Trichinosis in a herd of swine: Cannibalism as a major mode of transmission. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 188, 1155-1159.
23. Harris, I.T., Fedorka-Cray, P.J., Gray, J.T., Thomas, L.A., 1997. Prevalence of Salmonella organisms in swine feed. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 210, 382-385.
24. Lubroth, J.S., Dreesen, D.W., Ridenhour, R.A., 1983. The role of rodents and other wildlife in the epidemiology of swine toxoplasmosis. Prev. Vet. Med. 1, 169-178.
25. Oliver, D.G., Singh, P., Allison, D.E., Murrell, K.D., Gamble, H.R., 1988. Field evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay for detection of trichinellosis in hogs in a high volume North Carolina abattoir. In: Proceedings, 7th Int. Trichinosis Symposium, Alicante, Spain, pp. 193-205.
26. Patton, S., Zimmerman, J., Roberts, T., Faulkner, C., Diderrich, V., Assadi-Rad, A., Davies, P., Kliebenstein, J., 1996. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in hogs in the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS). J. Eukaryotic Microbiol. 43, S121.
27. Pearson, L.J., Marth, E.H., 1990. Listeria monocytogenes - Threat to a safe food supply: A review. J. Dairy Sci. 73, 912-928.
28. Ravel, A., D'Allaire, S., Bigras-Poulin, M., 1996. Survey of management and housing in farrowing quarters among independent and integrated farmers in Quebec. Can. J. Vet. Res. 60, 21-28.
29. Rodrigue, D.C., Tauxe, R.V., Rowe, B., 1990. International increase in Salmonella enteritidis: A new pandemic?. Epidemiol. Infect. 105, 21-27.
30. Schad, G.A., Kelly, M., Leiby, D.A., Murrell, K.D., 1985a. Swine trichinosis in mid-Atlantic slaughterhouses: Possible relationship to hog marketing systems. Prev. Vet. Med. 3, 391-399.
31. Schad, G.A., Leiby, D.A., Duffy, C.H., Murrell, K.D., 1985b. Swine trichinosis in New England slaughterhouses. Am. J. Vet. Res. 46, 2008-2010.
32. Smith, K.E., Zimmerman, J.J., Patton, S., Beran, G.W., Hill, H.T., 1992. The epidemiology of toxoplasmosis on Iowa swine farms with an emphasis on the roles of free-living mammals. Vet. Parasitol. 42, 199-211.
33. Tauxe, R.V., Wauters, G., Goosens, V., Van Noyen, R., Vandepitte, J., Martin, S.M., De Mol, P., Thiers, G., 1987. Yersinia enterocolitica and pork: The missing link. Lancet, 1129-1132.
34. USDA:APHIS: National Animal Health Monitoring System. 1995 Swine Survey. Cited by Davies, P.R., 1997. Food safety and access to domestic and export markets. Swine Health Prod. 5(1), 13-20.
35. Weigel, R.M., Dubey, J.P., Siegel, A.M., Hoefling, D., Reynolds, D., Herr, L., Kitron, U.D., Shen, S.K., Thulliez, P., Fayer, R., Todd, K.S., 1995a. Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in swine in Illinois in 1992. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 206, 1747-1751.
36. Weigel, R.M., Dubey, J.P., Siegel, A.M., Thulliez, P., Kitron, U.D., Mitchell, M.A., Mannelli, A., Mateus-Pinilla, N.E., Shen, S.K., Kwok, O.C.H., Todd, K.S., 1995b. Risk factors for transmission of Toxoplasma gondii on swine farms in Illinois. J. Parasitol. 81, 736-741.
37. Whipp, S.C., Rasmussen, M.A., Cray, W.C., 1994. Animals as a source of Escherichia coli pathogenic for human beings. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 204, 1168-1175.
38. Zimmerman, J.J., Dreesen, D.W., Owen, W.J., Beran, G.W., 1990. Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in swine from Iowa. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 196, 266-270.
39. Zimmerman, W.J., Steele, J.H., Kagan, I.G., 1973. Trichiniasis in the U.S. population, 1966-1970. Health. Serv. Rep. 88, 606-623.