Survey on porcine eperythrozoonosis in Korea

Jeon, Yeong; Jang, Hwang

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1993;33(3):461-463.

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