Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 2013 , Vol 19 , Issue 4
A Case Report: Isolation of Alysiella filiformis from Pig"s Lungs
ZUTIC J1, RADOSAVLJEVIC V1, RADANOVIC O1, IVETIC V1, PAVLOVIC I1, ZUTIC M1
1Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Vojvode Toze 14, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA DOI : 10.9775/kvfd.2013.8648 Alysiella filiformis is considered a common resident in the oral cavities of many animals. All reports of Alysiella indicate that it is restricted to the oral cavity of warm-blooded vertebrates, where it apparently is nonpathogenic. However, increased losses of young pigs occured in one farm in Serbia. Spumous content in bronchia and partly clotted blood in blood vesels o f the lungs were present. Characteristic signs of oedema disease were present and E. coli serogroup 0139 was isolated. Furthermore, Alysiella filiformis was the single agent isolated from the lungs of diseased pigs. This is the first isolation of Alysiella filiformis from pig lungs. Keywords : Alysiella filiformis, Pig, Lungs