Table 1. Organ of isolation and serotyping distribution of H. parasuis field isolates recovered from pigs suffering Glässer’s disease in Brazil.
| Site of Isolation | Serovarsa | Total (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTb | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||
| Systemic | Brain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 (3.5%) | ||||
| Heart | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 38 (8.3%) | ||
| Joints | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 (1.3%) | |||||||
| Peritoneum | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 (0.9%) | |||||||
| Pleural cavity | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 (1.5%) | |||||
| Spleen | 1 | 1 (0.2%) | |||||||||
| Respiratory | Lungs | 50 | 40 | 3 | 98 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 319 (69.5%) |
| Nasal cavity | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 (3.5%) | ||||||
| Trachea | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36 (7.8%) | |||
| Not determined | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 (3.5%) | |||||
| Total | 81 (17.6%) | 60 (13.1%) | 5 (1.1%) | 122 (26.6%) | 69 (15%) | 39 (8.5%) | 3 (0.7%) | 58 (12.6%) | 22 (4.8%) | 459 (100.0%) | |
Notes.
Serotyping was performed by means of mPCR.
NT, nontypeable isolates.