Occurrence of Treponema spp. in porcine skin ulcers and gingiva

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 402-409

  Karlsson, Frida ^a   Svartström, Olov ^a   Belák, Katinka ^b   Fellström, Claes ^a   Pringle, Märit ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ear biting; Ear necrosis; Pig; Shoulder ulcer; Spirochete; Treponema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EAR DISEASE; GINGIVA ULCER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOULDER DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SPIROCHETE; SWINE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PEDIS;

ANIMALIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SUIDAE; SUS; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GINGIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892976518     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Altschul S.F., Gish W., Miller W., Myers E.W., Lipman D.J. Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol. 1990, 215:403-410.
2. Blandford T.B., Bygrave A.C., Harding J.D., Little T.W. Suspected porcine ulcerative spirochaetosis in England. Vet. Rec. 1972, 90:15.
3. Cameron R. Ear necrosis, (necrotic ear syndrome and ulcerative spirochetosis of the ear). Diseases of Swine 2012, 256-257. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester. J.J. Zimmerman, L.A. Karriker, A. Ramirez, K.J. Schwartz, G.W. Stevenson (Eds.).
4. Cleland J.B. Note on spirochaetes in castration tumours of pigs. Parasitol. Suppl. J. Hyg. 1908, 1:218-219.
5. Cleveland-Nielsen A., Baekbo P., Ersbøll A.K. Herd-related risk factors for decubital ulcers present at post-mortem meat-inspection of Danish sows. Prev. Vet. Med. 2004, 64:113-122.
6. Davies P.R., Morrow W.E., Miller D.C., Deen J. Epidemiologic study of decubital ulcers in sows. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 1996, 208:1058-1062.
7. Dodd S. A disease of the pig, due to a spirochaeta. J. Comp. Pathol. Ther. 1906, 19:216-222.
8. Gilruth J.A. Spirochaetae in lesions affecting the pig. Proc. R. Soc. Victoria 1910, 23:105-109.
9. Hansen K.K., Busch M.E. Antibiotic treatment as an intervention against ear necrosis in one herd. Proceedings of the 20th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress 2008, 594. (P512.015).
10. Harcourt R.A. Porcine ulcerative spirochaetosis. Vet. Rec. 1973, 92:647-648.
11. Hindmarsch, W.L., 1937, Ulcerative Granuloma of Pigs (spirochaetal tumours of pigs). New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Research Report, 64-70.
12. Ho E.L., Lukehart S.A. Syphilis: using modern approaches to understand an old disease. J. Clin. Invest. 2011, 121:4584-4592.
13. Jensen H.E. Investigation into the pathology of shoulder ulcerations in sows. Vet. Rec. 2009, 165:171-174.
14. Jensen H.E., Bonde M.K., Bådsgaard N.P., Dahl-Pedersen K., Haubro-Andersen P., Herskin M.S., Jørgensen E., Kaiser M., Lindahl J., Nielsen J.P., Rhymer-Friis C., Stege H., Hjelholt Jensen K. En enkel og valideret skala for klinisk vurdering af skuldersår. Dansk veterinaertidsskrift 2011, 09:6-12. (in Danish).
15. Loesche W.J. The role of spirochetes in periodontal disease. Adv. Dent. Res. 1988, 2:275-283.
16. Lund, M., 2003. Skuldersår hos søer- patoanatomisk karakteristik, kødkontrolmæssige og dyreetiske aspekter. Master thesis. The University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (in Danish).
17. Mirt D. Lesions of so-called flank biting and necrotic ear syndrome in pigs. Vet. Rec. 1999, 144:92-96.
18. Neitz, W.O., Canham, A.S., 1930. A short note on the spirochaetal wound infection of pigs. Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, 69-80.
19. Osborne H.G., Ensor C.R. Some aspects of the pathology, aetiology, and theurapeutics of foot-rot in pigs. N. Z. Vet. J. 1955, 3:91-99.
20. Park, J., 2011. Investigation of Exudative Epidermitis and Ear Necrosis in Pigs. PhD thesis. The University of Guelph, Guelph.
21. Pringle M., Backhans A., Otman F., Sjölund M., Fellström C. Isolation of spirochetes of genus Treponema from pigs with ear necrosis. Vet. Microbiol. 2009, 139:279-283.
22. Pringle M., Fellström C. Treponema pedis isolated from a sow shoulder ulcer. Vet. Microbiol. 2010, 142:461-463.
23. Rasmussen M., Capion N., Klitgaard K., Rogdo T., Fjeldaas T., Boye M., Jensen T.K. Bovine digital dermatitis: possible pathogenic consortium consisting of Dichelobacter nodosus and multiple Treponema species. Vet. Microbiol. 2012, 160:151-161.
24. Richardson J.A., Morter R.L., Rebar A.H., Olander H.J. Lesions of porcine necrotic ear syndrome. Vet. Pathol. 1984, 21:152-157.
25. Stamm L.V., Bergen H.L., Walker R.L. Molecular typing of papillomatous digital dermatitis-associated Treponema isolates based on analysis of 16S-23S ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer regions. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002, 40:3463-3469.
26. Stamm L.V., Walker R.L., Read D.H. Genetic diversity of bovine ulcerative mammary dermatitis-associated Treponema. Vet. Microbiol. 2009, 136:192-196.
27. Taylor D.J. Treponema pedis: cutaneous spirochetosis. Diseases of Swine 2012, 878-879. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester. J.J. Zimmerman, L.A. Karriker, A. Ramirez, K.J. Schwartz, G.W. Stevenson (Eds.).
28. Valdez M., Haines R., Riviere K.H., Riviere G.R., Thomas D.D. Isolation of oral spirochetes from dogs and cats and provisional identification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis specific for human plaque Treponema spp. J. Vet. Dent. 2000, 17:23-26.
29. Walker R.L., Read D.H., Loretz K.J., Nordhausen R.W. Spirochetes isolated from dairy cattle with papillomatous digital dermatitis and interdigital dermatitis. Vet. Microbiol. 1995, 47:343-355.
30. Weissenbacher-Lang C., Voglmayr T., Waxenecker F., Hofstetter U., Weissenböck H., Hoelzle K., Hoelzle L.E., Welle M., Ogris M., Bruns G., Ritzmann M. Porcine ear necrosis syndrome: a preliminary investigation of putative infectious agents in piglets and mycotoxins in feed. Vet. J. 2012, 194:392-397.
31. Visser M.B., Ellen R.P. New insights into the emerging role of oral spirochaetes in periodontal disease. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2011, 17:502-512.
32. Zurbrigg K. Sow shoulder lesions: risk factors and treatment effects on an Ontario farm. J. Anim. Sci. 2006, 84:2509-2514.