Piglet coccidiosis due to Cystoisospora suis is a major cause of diarrhea and poor growth worldwide. It can effectively be controlled by application of toltrazuril (TZ), and oral formulations have been licensed for many years. Recently, the first parenteral formulation containing TZ in combination with iron (gleptoferron) was registered in the EU for the prevention of coccidiosis and iron deficiency anemia, conditions in suckling piglets requiring routine preventive measures. This study evaluated the absorption and distribution of TZ and its main metabolite, toltrazuril sulfone (TZ-SO2), in blood and intestinal tissues after single oral (20 mg/kg) or single intramuscular (45 mg/piglet) application of TZ. Fifty-six piglets were randomly allocated to the two treatment groups. Animals were sacrificed 1-, 5-, 13-, and 24-days post-treatment and TZ and TZ-SO2 levels were determined in blood, jejunal tissue, ileal tissue, and mixed jejunal and ileal content (IC) by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Intramuscular application resulted in significantly higher and more sustained concentrations of both compounds in plasma, intestinal tissue, and IC. Higher concentrations after oral dosing were only observed one day after application of TZ in jejunum and IC. Toltrazuril was quickly metabolized to TZ-SO2 with maximum concentrations on day 13 for both applications. Remarkably, TZ and TZ-SO2 accumulated in the jejunum, the primary predilection site of C. suis, independently of the administration route, which is key to their antiparasitic effect.
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- aplikace orální MeSH
- ileum metabolismus MeSH
- injekce intramuskulární MeSH
- jejunum metabolismus MeSH
- kokcidiostatika aplikace a dávkování metabolismus farmakokinetika MeSH
- kokcidióza prevence a kontrola veterinární MeSH
- nemoci prasat prevence a kontrola MeSH
- prasata MeSH
- střevní sliznice metabolismus MeSH
- sulfony aplikace a dávkování metabolismus farmakokinetika MeSH
- tělesná hmotnost účinky léků MeSH
- triaziny aplikace a dávkování metabolismus farmakokinetika MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Enterotoxigenic and Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (i.e., ETEC and STEC) are important causative agents of human and animal diseases. In humans, infections range from mild diarrhea to severe life-threating conditions, while infections of piglets result in lower weight gain and higher pig mortality with the accompanying significant economic losses. In this study, frequencies of four phylogenetic groups, fourteen virulence- and thirty bacteriocin determinants were analyzed in a set of 443 fecal E. coli isolates from diseased pigs and compared to a previously characterized set of 1283 human fecal E. coli isolates collected in the same geographical region. In addition, these characteristics were compared among ETEC, STEC, and non-toxigenic porcine E. coli isolates. Phylogenetic group A was prevalent among porcine pathogenic E. coli isolates, whereas the frequency of phylogroup B2, adhesion/invasion (fimA, pap, sfa, afaI, ial, ipaH, and pCVD432) and iron acquisition (aer and iucC) determinants were less frequent compared to human fecal isolates. Additionally, porcine isolates differed from human isolates relative to the spectrum of produced bacteriocins. While human fecal isolates encoded colicins and microcins with a similar prevalence, porcine pathogenic E. coli isolates produced predominantly colicins (94% of isolates); especially colicins B (42.6%), M (40.1%), and Ib (34.0%), which are encoded on large conjugative plasmids. The observed high prevalence of these colicin determinants suggests the importance of large colicinogenic plasmids and/or the importance of colicin production in intestinal inflammatory conditions.
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- bakteriální adheze MeSH
- bakteriociny genetika MeSH
- enterotoxigenní Escherichia coli genetika patogenita MeSH
- faktory virulence genetika MeSH
- feces mikrobiologie MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- gastrointestinální trakt mikrobiologie MeSH
- koliciny genetika MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- plazmidy MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- prasata MeSH
- proteiny fimbrií genetika MeSH
- proteiny z Escherichia coli genetika MeSH
- průjem mikrobiologie MeSH
- shiga-toxigenní Escherichia coli genetika patogenita MeSH
- symbióza MeSH
- transportní proteiny genetika MeSH
- železo metabolismus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
The aim of study was to determine the influence of zinc chelate, valnemulin and it's combination on Brachyspira hyodysenteriae shedding and morphological changes of colonic mucosa in an experimental model of swine dysentery (SD). The study was performed on pigs coming from a dysentery-free herd. Animals were inoculated by B. hyodysenteriae strain B204. When the clinical signs of SD and B. hyodysenteriae shedding developed, the pigs were divided into four treatment groups. The first group was treated with zinc chelate (250 ml/1000 L in water), second group was given valnemulin in feed at 75 ppm; the third group was given a combination of both and the fourth group was control. The results demonstrated therapeutic effect of valnemulin in pigs with serious SD and did not show therapeutic effect of chelated zinc.
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- Brachyspira hyodysenteriae růst a vývoj MeSH
- diterpeny terapeutické užití MeSH
- dyzenterie mikrobiologie patologie veterinární MeSH
- gramnegativní bakteriální infekce farmakoterapie mikrobiologie patologie veterinární MeSH
- imunohistochemie veterinární MeSH
- kolon patologie MeSH
- kombinovaná farmakoterapie veterinární MeSH
- nemoci prasat farmakoterapie mikrobiologie patologie MeSH
- prasata MeSH
- sefarosa analogy a deriváty terapeutické užití MeSH
- střevní sliznice patologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli bovine isolates on a conventional dairy cattle farm with high consumption of parenteral and intramammary cephalosporins (farm A) and on an organic dairy farm with no cephalosporin use (farm B). ESBL-producing E. coli were isolated from rectal swabs and milk filters by selective cultivation on MacConkey agar with cefotaxime (2mg/l). ESBL genes were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing, and the genetic diversity of the isolates was determined by XbaI pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Conjugative transfer, incompatibility group, and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profiles of the ESBL-carrying plasmids were studied. Higher prevalence (39%, n(rectal samples in cows)=309) of CTX-M-1-producing E. coli isolates was found on farm A compared to farm B (<1%, n(rectal samples in cows)=154; 0%, n(rectal samples in calves)=46). Using PFGE, the isolates from farm A were divided into nine pulsotypes. In all ESBL-positive isolates, the bla(CTX-M-1) gene was carried on 40 kb IncN conjugative plasmids of three related HincII restriction profiles. Horizontal gene transfer through transmission of IncN plasmids harboring bla(CTX-M-1) as well as clonal dissemination of a particular clone seems to be involved in dissemination of CTX-M-1-producing E. coli isolates in cows on the farm using cephalosporins in treating bacterial infections. The study demonstrates a possible role of cephalosporin use in the widespread occurrence of CTX-M-1-producing E. coli on the conventional dairy cattle farm compared to the organic farm.
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- beta-laktamasy genetika MeSH
- cefalosporiny farmakologie MeSH
- DNA bakterií genetika MeSH
- Escherichia coli klasifikace genetika izolace a purifikace MeSH
- infekce vyvolané Escherichia coli mikrobiologie veterinární MeSH
- nemoci skotu mikrobiologie MeSH
- plazmidy genetika MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- polymorfismus délky restrikčních fragmentů MeSH
- přenos genů horizontální MeSH
- proteiny z Escherichia coli genetika MeSH
- pulzní gelová elektroforéza MeSH
- rezistence k cefalosporinům MeSH
- skot mikrobiologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- skot mikrobiologie MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the importance of clonal spread of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae resistant to pleuromutilins (tiamulin, valnemulin) on farms in the Czech Republic. Agar dilution method and macrorestriction fragment profile analysis by pulsed field gel electrophoresis were used to characterise 35 B hyodysenteriae isolates that were obtained from clinical cases of swine dysentery on 32 farms between 2000 and 2005. Most isolates showed multiple resistances to tiamulin, valnemulin, tylosin and lincomycin. A total of six pulsotypes were detected in these multiresistant isolates. An analysis of epidemiological data showed that multiresistant B hyodysenteriae isolates were more often detected on fattening farms (59 per cent), compared with farms with other types of production. Furthermore, it was found that multiresistant B hyodysenteriae clones were most frequently selected on farms with endemic incidence of swine dysentery. This finding was confirmed by the characterisation of 21 B hyodysenteriae isolates obtained from three large-scale operations in seven consecutive years.
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- antibakteriální látky farmakologie MeSH
- Brachyspira hyodysenteriae účinky léků růst a vývoj patogenita MeSH
- dyzenterie farmakoterapie mikrobiologie veterinární MeSH
- gramnegativní bakteriální infekce farmakoterapie mikrobiologie přenos veterinární MeSH
- mikrobiální testy citlivosti veterinární MeSH
- mnohočetná bakteriální léková rezistence MeSH
- nemoci prasat farmakoterapie mikrobiologie přenos MeSH
- počet mikrobiálních kolonií veterinární MeSH
- prasata MeSH
- pulzní gelová elektroforéza veterinární MeSH
- vztah mezi dávkou a účinkem léčiva MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli at an equine clinic and a horseback riding centre, and to discuss the impact of antimicrobial treatment on resistance selection. METHODS: Faeces from horses, environmental smears and flies were sampled at both the clinic and riding centre. Staff at the equine clinic were also examined. The samples were cultivated on MacConkey agar with cefotaxime (2 mg/L) to isolate ESBL-producing E. coli. The presence of bla and qnr genes was tested by PCR, and transferability was determined by conjugation. Replicon typing and restriction analysis of plasmids harbouring ESBL and qnr genes were performed. RESULTS: E. coli with the blaCTX-M-1 gene were isolated from horses, staff, environmental smears and flies at the two sites. E. coli isolates from the equine clinic harboured an IncHI1 conjugative 235-285 kb plasmid containing blaCTX-M-1, catA1, strA, sul2 and tet(B) genes. Some of these were positive for qnrS1 and/or qnrB19, and were located on 40 or 45 kb IncN or IncX1 conjugative plasmids. The gene blaCTX-M-1 in isolates from the riding centre was carried by IncN (30 kb) and IncI1 (85 kb) conjugative plasmids. Horizontal gene transfer seems to be involved in disseminating E. coli with ESBL and qnr genes at the clinic and riding centre. CONCLUSIONS: The study illustrates that ESBL-producing E. coli, as well as plasmids carrying ESBL genes of clinical interest, can be easily transferred among horses, humans and flies living in close contact.
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- beta-laktamasy genetika MeSH
- Diptera mikrobiologie MeSH
- DNA bakterií chemie genetika MeSH
- Escherichia coli genetika izolace a purifikace MeSH
- feces mikrobiologie MeSH
- koně mikrobiologie MeSH
- konjugace genetická MeSH
- mikrobiologie životního prostředí MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- plazmidy MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- polymorfismus délky restrikčních fragmentů MeSH
- proteiny z Escherichia coli genetika MeSH
- sekvenční analýza DNA MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Single-chain antibodies (scFv) exhibiting specific binding to Lawsonia intracellularis were isolated from a phagemid library expressing scFvs molecules on the surface of filamentous bacteriophages. For scFv selection whole bacterial cells were used and individual clones were tested in ELISA test. The total of seven unique clones with different fingerprint profiles was isolated. All clones were able to bind specifically in immunofluorescence assay. This is the first report of species specific recombinant antibodies against L. intracellularis.
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- financování organizované MeSH
- Lawsonia (bakterie) imunologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- peptidová knihovna MeSH
- protilátky bakteriální genetika imunologie izolace a purifikace MeSH
- specificita protilátek MeSH
- variabilní oblast imunoglobulinu genetika imunologie izolace a purifikace MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
The prevalence of Lawsonia intracellularis between wild boar (Sus scrofa) and fallow deer (Dama dama) bred in one game reserve was investigated using the nested PCR method. In the study, 88 clinically healthy wild boars of different age categories and two fallow deer bagged in the game reserve were examined. Lawsonia intracellularis was demonstrated in the mucous membrane of the intestine of eight (9.1%) wild boars and one fallow deer. Of the nine wild boar whose tissues of corresponding lymph nodes were examined in addition to the mucous membrane of the ileum, one tested positive for the microorganism. A relationship between the occurrence of L. intracellularis and age of wild boar was demonstrated. Because wild boar and fallow deer are bred together in one game reserve, the possibility of inter-species transfer of L. intracellularis should be borne in mind.
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- DNA bakterií analýza MeSH
- financování organizované MeSH
- infekce bakteriemi čeledi Desulfovibrionaceae epidemiologie veterinární MeSH
- Lawsonia (bakterie) chemie izolace a purifikace MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce metody veterinární MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- Sus scrofa mikrobiologie MeSH
- věkové faktory MeSH
- vysoká zvěř mikrobiologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
