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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2002, p. 588-593, Vol. 40, No. 2
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.588-593.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Typing of Pasteurella multocida Isolated from Pigs with and without Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome

F. A. Lainson,1* K. D. Aitchison,1 W. Donachie,1 and J. R. Thomson2

Moredun Research Institute, Pentland Science Park, Bush Loan, Edinburgh, EH26 0PZ,1 Scottish Agricultural College, Veterinary Science Division, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Edinburgh, EH26 0QE, Scotland2

Received 7 May 2001/ Returned for modification 3 September 2001/ Accepted 2 December 2001

Porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS) is a sporadic, usually fatal disease of growing and finishing pigs that has been recognized in many pig-producing countries. Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from 15 pigs with PDNS and 51 pigs without PDNS were characterized by capsule and somatic antigen typing, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAP-D) typing, and restriction analysis of genomic DNA using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). While capsular, somatic, and RAP-D typing did not discriminate PDNS isolates from non-PDNS isolates, all of the isolates from PDNS cases showed an identical ApaI PFGE restriction pattern. This pattern was also found in a high proportion (36%) of P. multocida strains isolated from non-PDNS cases. Isolation of a single variant of P. multocida from tissues of pigs with PDNS warrants further investigation into the possible role of these bacteria in the etiology of the disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Moredun Research Institute, International Research Centre, Pentland Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik EH26 0PZ, Scotland. Phone: 44 (0) 131 445 5111. Fax: 44 (0) 131 445 6111. E-mail: laina{at}mri.sari.ac.uj.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2002, p. 588-593, Vol. 40, No. 2
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.588-593.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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