Abstract
The pulmonary clearance rate of Bacillus subtilis was determined in ten pigs (23-39 kg) exposed simultaneously for 15 minutes to an aerosol generated by an ultrasonic nebulizer. Two pigs were killed at each interval of zero, two, four, eight and 12 hours and the concentrations of B. subtilis in lungs (all lobes), dorsal and ventral nasal turbinates, trachea, pharyngeal and bronchial lymph nodes were determined. The mean percent (± standard error) pulmonary clearance of B.subtilis was 54.2±11.7, 53.0±11.8, 77.4±5.2 and 88.1±3.7 at two, four, eight and 12 hours, respectively. The numbers of B. subtilis retained in the posterior (caudal and accessory) lobes at zero time were significantly greater than those in the anterior (cranial and middle) lobes (P<0.05). However, by 12 hours postinoculation the numbers of organisms retained in the two regions did not differ significantly (P>0.05). The mean percentage of B. subtilis retained by the turbinates, trachea, pharyngeal and bronchial lymph nodes varied between pigs at each time interval, but was usually less than that retained by the lungs.
It was concluded that deposition of B. subtilis spores took place in all parts of the respiratory tract when pigs were exposed to aerosols and that the spores were progressively cleared by the normal lung.
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