Staphylococcal skin disease in livestock

Foster, Aiden P

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3164.2012.01093.x

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“…As discussed by others (Beattie and Taylor, 2000;Hansen and Nissen, 2010), UCD lesions are similar to intertrigo or skin fold dermatitis in other species. Skin folds resulting in a moist and enclosed environment are harmful to the skin barrier and predispose it to secondary microbiological infection (Hansen and Nissen, 2010;Foster, 2012). The increased risk of mild UCD in cows with HL might be due, at least partly, to risk factors common to both HL and UCD, such as parity (Kester et al, 2014).…”

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Mild and severe udder cleft dermatitis—Prevalence and risk factors in Swedish dairy herds

Ekman

Nyman

Landin

et al. 2018

Journal of Dairy Science

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Udder cleft dermatitis (UCD) is an inflammatory skin condition affecting the anterior parts of the udder of dairy cows. The lesions may present as mild or severe skin lesions and have been associated with mastitis and digital dermatitis. The full etiology and pathogenesis are not understood and no large-scale studies have investigated prevalence and risk factors. Therefore, the main objectives of the study were to investigate the prevalence of mild and severe UCD in Swedish dairy herds and to identify risk factors associated with such lesions. We also wanted to investigate risk factors for all cases of UCD and to determine whether UCD increases the risk for mastitis and culling. A random sample of 100 freestall dairy herds were included in the study, and each herd was visited once. Cows were registered as having no, mild, or severe UCD. Additional cow and herd data were obtained via observations, interviews, and the Swedish Official Milk Recording Scheme. The data were analyzed using logistic regression models to identify risk factors for mild and severe UCD. In total, data from 3,479 cows in 99 herds were analyzed. The prevalence of mild and severe UCD was 19 and 9%, respectively. Lesions were found in 98 of 99 herds but the within-herd prevalence of mild (0-43%) and severe (0-33%) UCD varied notably between herds. Breed (Swedish Red compared with Swedish Holstein), certain udder conformation traits, and higher parity were risk factors associated with increased risk of UCD. In addition, cows with hock lesions and cows in herds with high incidence of culling due to hoof and leg diseases had a higher risk for mild UCD. More days in milk and high milk yield were cow-related risk factors associated with severe UCD. Three housing-related factors (shorter cubicles, mattress as cubicle base, and cubicles installed before 2001 compared with 2001-2005), a high incidence of veterinary-treated clinical mastitis and culling due to udder diseases, and a low incidence of culling of first-parity cows in early lactation were herd-related risk factors associated with increased risk for severe UCD. In addition, cows in herds with a high proportion of heifers older than 17 mo that were not inseminated were associated with lower risk of all UCD. Finally, UCD was not associated with the outcomes milk somatic cell count, veterinary-treated clinical mastitis, or culling in the multivariable analyses. The etiology of UCD is most likely multifactorial, involving udder conformation traits and other cow-related risk factors as well as herd-related risk factors. The high prevalence of severe UCD lesions in Swedish dairy cows emphasizes the need for preventive measures and efficient treatments.

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Section: Cow Factors Associated With Ucdmentioning

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Mild and severe udder cleft dermatitis—Prevalence and risk factors in Swedish dairy herds

Ekman

Nyman

Landin

et al. 2018

Journal of Dairy Science

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“…In animals, however, it has been implicated in bovine mastitis [23••, 43-46] and in infected foot joints in turkeys [33••]. Little information is available regarding pigs because Staphylococcus hyicus is the major pathogenic Staphylococcus species in these animals [47], although S. aureus has been isolated occasionally from lesions in pigs [47]. More recent reports, however, show that LA-MRSA CC398 may infect humans and pigs more often than previously thought [48][49][50], but this question needs further study.…”

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Livestock-Associated MRSA and Its Current Evolution

Butaye

Argudín

Smith

2016

Curr Clin Micro Rpt

116

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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is a relatively recent phenomenon in veterinary medicine. Although in the beginning it was restricted to a single clonal complex (CC), CC398, it has expanded into several clonal complexes, and the diversity of subtypes in the clonal complexes is increasing also. The prevalence of each type is determined somewhat geographically; for instance, the most prevalent clonal complex in Europe is CC398, whereas in Asia, it is CC9. Although few data exist regarding North America, the situation appears to be mixed there. The SCCmec cassettes detected in LA-MRSA are limited mainly to SCCmec IVa and SCCmec V, although non-typeable cassettes and SCCmec type XI, containing mecC, also have been found.The source of the SCCmec in LA-MRSA was discovered to be animals. In searching from which bacteria the SCCmec cassettes in LA-MRSA have been transferred, the most obvious species to consider are the methicillin-resistant non-S. aureus staphylococci (MRNaS). However, very few data are available from those species in animals, and the data that do exist are not detailed enough to determine the origin. Nevertheless, similar cassettes were found in MRNaS, indicating a possible origin that needs to be investigated further.

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“…S. sciuri is known as an invasive pathogen for wound infections, blood, urine and abscesses in humans. Also, the agent is commonly found in a large variety of hosts and environments and frequent contact with pets and livestock has been stated to cause skin colonization and wounds (16,37). Also, dust is an important tool in the transport of these bacteria (25,27).…”

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Microbial contamination in food, food- handlers’ hands and surfaces and evaluation of contamination sources by the similarity between isolates

Erdoğan

Pamuk

2019

Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi

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Food can be contaminated with surfaces and food employees during chopping, shredding and serving. Pathogenic microorganisms are transmitted by direct contact with food or indirectly with airborne particles. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the relationship between pathogenic microorganisms isolated from food, kitchen equipment and foodhandler's hands. A total of 212 microbiological samples were collected from surfaces, foods and food handlers' hands at different six canteens inside of the Afyon Kocatepe University campus during the period 2017-2018. Following biochemical tests, identification of Staphylococcus species were performed from a specific region of 23S rRNA gene. The genetic relationships between totally 25 Staphylococcus spp. and Proteus mirabilis isolates were determined. S.epidermidis was detected in two samples from knife handle (5%), nine samples from hands (20%) and in one of food sample (1%), too. S.aureus was found to be existed in one sample from hands (2.2%), two samples of soujouk (2%) and in one sample pancakes (3%) obtained from the university canteens. Besides from one of food sample (1%) S.sciuri, from one of hand sample (2.2%) S.haemolyticus and one of the food samples (1%) S.saprophyticus bacteria were identified. As a result, foods, food preparation surfaces and foodhandler's hands were contaminated with microorganisms in canteens and they were similar/same to each other. Also, considering the number of isolates, the highest of contamination is the hands of food-handler.

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Staphylococcal skin disease in livestock

Cited by 92 publications

References 62 publications

Mild and severe udder cleft dermatitis—Prevalence and risk factors in Swedish dairy herds

Mild and severe udder cleft dermatitis—Prevalence and risk factors in Swedish dairy herds

Livestock-Associated MRSA and Its Current Evolution

Microbial contamination in food, food- handlers’ hands and surfaces and evaluation of contamination sources by the similarity between isolates

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