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1532874

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Commercially reared growers, finishers, and sows of Danish Landrace x Yorkshire crossbred were inoculated orally with Ascaris suum at 50 eggs kg-1 body weight. White spots on the serosal surface of livers and total larval recoveries from lungs were recorded 7 days later. The response in pigs originating from a specific pathogen free and parasite free herd (parasite naïve) was observed in the three different age groups and compared with age-matched pigs from a herd maintained in a facility contaminated with A. suum (naturally exposed). The pre-inoculation immune status of the various groups was characterized serologically using antigen preparations derived from various stages of A. suum. Inoculation of all age groups of parasite naïve pigs with A. suum eggs produced relatively high liver white spots and lung larvae, although expression of these counts as a percentage of the inoculum showed a moderate age-related resistance from growers to finishers to sows. In contrast, pigs naturally exposed to A. suum expressed strong immunity to a challenge infection as few or no larvae were detected in the lungs. In addition, growers, finishers, and sows from the naturally exposed herd had significantly higher levels of serum IgG/IgA to several different A. suum antigens compared with pigs from the parasite nave herd. Liver white spots, expressed as a percentage of the inoculum, were highest in growers from the naturally exposed herd but were markedly reduced in finishers and sows from that herd. In fact, few or no white spots were observed in naturally exposed sows, while sows from the parasite-naïve herd had in excess of 300 liver white spots following challenge. These results indicate that commercially raised pigs that are exposed to A. suum develop a strong protective immunity that ultimately produces a complete pre-hepatic barrier to larval migration, while pigs raised parasite free remain susceptible to infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0304-4017
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Resistance to Ascaris suum in parasite naïve and naturally exposed growers, finishers and sows.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Fredriksberg C, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't