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Effects of a challenge dose of Salmonella Typhimurium or Salmonella Yoruba on the patterns of excretion and antibody responses of pigs

¹ National Veterinary Institute, SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

The epidemiology of a feed-associated Salmonella serotype (Salmonella Yoruba) was compared with that of a 'classical' serotype (Salmonella Typhimurium) by inoculating pigs aged 10 weeks with 0·65 x 10³, 0·65 x 10⁶ or 0·65 x 10⁹ colony-forming units (cfu) of either serotype. The pigs were then monitored for eight weeks with respect to the faecal excretion of Salmonella species and the presence of serum antibodies. Only minor differences were observed between the two serotypes but the dose inoculated had significant effects. The pigs inoculated with 0·65 x 10⁹ cfu shed Salmonella species in faeces constantly for four weeks, and intermittently during the subsequent four weeks; the pigs inoculated with 0·65 x 10⁶ cfu shed Salmonella species intermittently for four weeks, but not for longer, and the pigs inoculated with 0·65 x 10³ cfu generally did not excrete Salmonella species. The pigs inoculated with 0·65 x 10⁹ cfu S Typhimurium seroconverted at a high titre within two weeks, the pigs inoculated with 0·65 x 10⁶ cfu seroconverted later and with lower titres of antibodies, and the pigs inoculated with 0·65 x 10³ cfu did not seroconvert. A similar pattern was observed with S Yoruba, but the responses were slower and at lower titres.