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Pig Journal Volume: 58
Publication date: December 2006

Proceedings Section

PORCINES, ABORTION AND ARCOBACTERS - A SUMMARY
C. Gaudie, P. Wragg, S.H. Done and M. Toszeghy

Abstract
Arcobacters are now recognised as a separate group of bacteria from Campylobacter. Currently, their importance lies in their causing food poisoning in human beings. Three species have been found in the digestive tract of most pigs and are often excreted in the faeces. Contamination of meat products may follow. Disease in the pig, as such, is not normally associated with these organisms. However, they do occasionally appear in the porcine reproductive tract and in some aborted foetuses. There is at least a possibility therefore that they may be involved in foetopathy and in reproductive disease in sows.

This paper outlines the results of a short study carried out at Thirsk Veterinary Laboratories Agency. Its intent was to try to ascertain the importance of the organism. Although it concluded that Arcobacters did not appear to be major pathogens, they should certainly be kept under surveillance.

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