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Understanding Streptococcus suis infection in pigs

Dinesh M, Jigarji C Thakor, Visva. K.V., Sagar Patel, Pradeep Kumar, Manikandan. R, Monalisa Sahoo

Abstract


Streptococcus suis is one of the significant pig pathogen, causing septicemia with sudden death, arthritis, meningitis, and endocarditis in piglets after weaning. It's leading to economic losses in the pig industry all over the world. It's a typical resident of the upper respiratory tract, and it's easy to find in tonsils, which are a natural niche for it. It may also be isolated from clinically healthy pigs' gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. It's also a zoonotic disease, implying it can spread from pigs to humans. Individuals who deal with pigs or pork, such as farmers, butchers, and hunters, are at risk of infection when they touch contaminated pig carcasses or meat, particularly if they have exposed abrasions or cuts on their hands. Human infection can be severe, with meningitis, septicemia, endocarditis, and deafness as potential outcomes of infection. S. suis is usually liable to beta-lactam antibiotics, mostly penicillin and amoxicillin. It has become progressively more resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics. There is no universal commercial vaccine available, and autogenous vaccines are more often than not used in the field, with ambiguous results.

 

Keywords: Pig, Pork, Zoonotic, Meningitis, Human.

Cite this Article: Dinesh. M, Jigarji C Thakor, Visva. K.V, Sagar Patel, Pradeep Kumar, Manikandan. R, Monalisa Sahoo. Understanding Streptococcus suis Infection in Pigs. International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications. 2020; 6(2):
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