Detection of Arcobacter spp. in piggery effluent and effluent-irrigated soils in southeast Queensland

Abstract

This is the first study to provide quantitative information on Arcobacter spp. levels in piggery effluent and to associate A. cibarius with pigs and piggery effluent environments.

Gross pathology, blood chemistry, lipid and peroxide contents in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) affected by experimental Arcobacter cryaerophilus infection at low water temperature

“…Phenotypic and biochemical characteristics of the isolates were similar to those of isolates of Arcobacter cryaerophilus from humans (Holt et al, 1994), other animals (Vandamme et al, 1991;Atabay et al, 2006;Aydin et al, 2007;Chinivasagam et al, 2007) and fish (Aydin et al, 2000(Aydin et al, , 2002Bulut and Aydin, 2004;Yildiz and Aydin, 2006). Bacteria were additionally passaged on selective media and the isolates only grew on Campylobacter selective agar and TS agar.…”

“…Bacteria were additionally passaged on selective media and the isolates only grew on Campylobacter selective agar and TS agar. When considering contamination sources of A. cryaerophilus, fish farmers should remember that this pathogen can exist in drinking water (Jacob et al, 1998), canal water (Dhamabutra et al, 1992), river water (Morita et al, 2004), sewage (Stampi et al, 1993;Houf and Stephan, 2007), seawater and plankton (Fera et al, 2004) and organs, carcass and faeces of healthy and diseased farm animals (Van Driessche et al, 2005;Atabay et al, 2006;Aydin et al, 2007;Chinivasagam et al, 2007).…”

“…This bacterium has been reported to survive in a wide range of environments such as the gut, faeces and effluent of pigs (Chinivasagam et al, 2007), poultry meat/carcass and poultry litter (Atabay et al, 2006;Aydin et al, 2007), faeces of cattle (Van Driessche et al, 2005), drinking water (Jacob et al, 1998), canal water (Dhamabutra et al, 1992), river water (Morita et al, 2004), sewage (Stampi et al, 1993), seawater and plankton (Fera et al, 2004). A. cryaerophilus has been recognised as a potential human pathogen with symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or fever (Holt et al, 1994;Houf and Stephan, 2007), in addition to causing abortion, mastitis and gastric ulcer in cattle, sheep and pigs (Van Driessche et al, 2005;Aydin et al, 2007;Chinivasagam et al, 2007). A. cryaerophilus is also considered a pathogenic bacterium of rainbow trout, and it causes infection leading to mortalities in rainbow trout populations (Aydin et al, 2000(Aydin et al, , 2002.…”

Arcobacter

“…A few quantitative studies have been described including detection of Arcobacter in the feces of healthy cattle (van Driessche et al, 2005), from piggery effluent (Chinivasagam et al, 2007) and from irrigation and wastewater (Banting et al, 2016;FernandezCassi et al, 2016;Webb et al, 2016b). In piggery effluent Arcobacter levels ranged between 10 5 to 10 8 MPN/100mL (Chinivasagam et al, 2007). In irrigation water levels averaged ~33 MPN/100 mL, while in wastewater A. butzleri was detected at levels up to 10 5 MPN/100 mL (Banting et al, 2016;Webb et al, 2016b).…”

“…A. lanthieri (Whiteduck-Léveillée et al, 2015b) and A. trophiarum have been isolated from pig manure, A. suis from pig meat (Levican et al, 2013a), A. cibarius from piggery effluent (Chinivasagam et al, 2007) and A. thereius from the organs of spontaneous pig abortions (Houf et al, 2009). Several previously identified strains of A. thereius isolated from pork have recently been recognized as the novel species A. porcinus (Figueras et al, 2017).…”