Contribution to the study of ecopathology related to human enteritis necroticans (EN)
- Author:
Hanh Thi Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ecopathology
- MeSH:
epidemiology;
Intestinal Diseases
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;(11):29-32
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Methods: Isolating Cl. perfringens (C.P.) from pig faeces, pigsty floor, pathway between pigsty-kitchen, foodstuffs for pig, waste water among households, which divided into 2 groups: A (endemic region) and B (control). Specimens were cultured by standard technique at the microbiological Lab of the Nat. Inst. of Veterinary in order to identify C.P. Results: In the endemic group: the positive rates of C.P. in pig faeces was 76.74%; in pigsty floor was 93.33%; in nearby pathway was 100%; in foodstuffs for pig was 75% and 100% in waste water, while at the some time, in the control group, this rate was only 16.66% in pig faeces (p<0.01). The percentage of C.P isolated from pig faeces of the endemic group was 5 times higher than that of the control group. Perhaps, the severe contamination with C.P in living environment would be an important factor for the EN occurrence in humans, as well as in animals.
