Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1993;33(3):461-463.
Survey on porcine eperythrozoonosis in Korea
Yeong Jeon, Hwang Jang
Veterinary Research Institute, Rural Development Administration
국내(國內) 돼지의 에페리트로준병(病)에 대한 감염실태조사(感染實態調査)
전영, 장환
농촌진흥청 가축위생연구소
Abstract
A survey on procine eperythrozoonosis was conducted by the blood smear examinations and the animal inoculation tests with heparinized blood samples collected from slaughtered pig. The results obtained were as follows : 1. In the microscopic examination of the blood smears, 2(0.43%) of 455 slaughtered pigs in Seoul were infected with eperythrozoa, while none of 45 blood samples in Jeonbuk province was infected. The average infection rate of these areas was 0.4%. 2. In the animal inoculation tests, the eperythrozoa were detected in the splenectomized pigs 6 days after subcutaneous inoculation of the blood samples obtained from 100 pigs in Seoul, and the positive rate of slaughtered pigs was at least more than 1%.
Key Words: pig, plenectomy, Blood samples, Eperythrozoom suis


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