Apparent cross-infection with a single strain of Malassezia pachydermatis on a pig farm

Authors: Ljiljana Pinter; R. M. Anthony; Nada Glumac; et al.

Source: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, Volume 50, Number 2, 3 May 2002 , pp. 151-156(6)

Publisher: Akademiai Kiado

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Abstract:

Twenty-nine isolates of Malassezia pachydermatis were recovered from a single farm of 100 pigs in Croatia. In contrast, 290 farm pigs from other locations (northern parts of Croatia and Slovenia) yielded only two non-lipid dependent isolates of M. pachydermatis using the same swabbing procedure. Ten of the 29 isolates from a single farm had their identity confirmed by karyotyping, and were typed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. All but one of these isolates sub-typed were indistinguishable, one isolate produced a slightly different RFLP profile. Control isolates recovered from dog skin gave RFLP profiles that were easily distinguished from those produced by the pig isolates. These results suggest that a single strain of M. pachydermatis had colonised this pig herd.

Keywords: DNA restriction; pig; Malassezia pachydermatis

Document Type: Research article

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