Abortion and mortality in farm mink (Neovison vison) associated with feed-born Clostridium limosum
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Abortion and mortality in farm mink (Neovison vison) associated with feed-born Clostridium limosum. / Hammer, Anne Sofie Vedsted; Andresen, Lars; Aalbæk, Bent; Damborg, Peter Panduro; Weiss, Vilhelm; Christiansen, Mette Line; Bahl, Martin Iain.
In: Veterinary Microbiology, Vol. 203, 2017, p. 229–233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Abortion and mortality in farm mink (Neovison vison) associated with feed-born Clostridium limosum
AU - Hammer, Anne Sofie Vedsted
AU - Andresen, Lars
AU - Aalbæk, Bent
AU - Damborg, Peter Panduro
AU - Weiss, Vilhelm
AU - Christiansen, Mette Line
AU - Bahl, Martin Iain
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Disease in mink clinically characterized by abortion and increased mortality among pregnant female mink on 28 Danish farms was observed during April and May 2015. Most of these farms suffered extensive disease problems, including a significant increase in the number of mated females without litters. Pathological, microbiological and molecular biological methods were applied to investigate the cause of disease. Necropsies of animals found dead revealed fragile and partially dissolved (liquefying) uterine tissue, with the presence of Gram positive rod-shaped bacteria. These slow growing bacteria were isolated by anaerobic culturing and identified as Clostridium limosum by both MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. All the performed tests for relevant differential diagnoses were negative. Foodborne disease was indicated because all the affected farms were served by the same feed factory. A specific PCR-based analysis was developed for positive identification of C. limosum and used to screen archived feed samples from the implicated feed factory. Both C. limosum 16S rRNA genes and C. limosum collagenase genes were identified in both mixed feed and more specifically in raw chicken carcass used as one of the components in the mixed feed, which was therefore identified as the most likely source of contamination. Based on the results of this investigation it is concluded that C. limosum can be associated with abortion and increased mortality in pregnant mink females and it is consequently recommended that raw materials contaminated with C. limosum should be avoided in mink feed, in particular during the whelping season.
AB - Disease in mink clinically characterized by abortion and increased mortality among pregnant female mink on 28 Danish farms was observed during April and May 2015. Most of these farms suffered extensive disease problems, including a significant increase in the number of mated females without litters. Pathological, microbiological and molecular biological methods were applied to investigate the cause of disease. Necropsies of animals found dead revealed fragile and partially dissolved (liquefying) uterine tissue, with the presence of Gram positive rod-shaped bacteria. These slow growing bacteria were isolated by anaerobic culturing and identified as Clostridium limosum by both MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. All the performed tests for relevant differential diagnoses were negative. Foodborne disease was indicated because all the affected farms were served by the same feed factory. A specific PCR-based analysis was developed for positive identification of C. limosum and used to screen archived feed samples from the implicated feed factory. Both C. limosum 16S rRNA genes and C. limosum collagenase genes were identified in both mixed feed and more specifically in raw chicken carcass used as one of the components in the mixed feed, which was therefore identified as the most likely source of contamination. Based on the results of this investigation it is concluded that C. limosum can be associated with abortion and increased mortality in pregnant mink females and it is consequently recommended that raw materials contaminated with C. limosum should be avoided in mink feed, in particular during the whelping season.
U2 - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.03.017
DO - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.03.017
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
C2 - 28619149
VL - 203
SP - 229
EP - 233
JO - Veterinary Microbiology
JF - Veterinary Microbiology
SN - 0378-1135
ER -
ID: 174653527