Susceptibility of Chinese Meishan and European Large White pigs to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains bearing colonization factor K88, 987P, K99, or F41
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SUMMARY
Conventionally raised Chinese Meishan and European Large White pigs were intragastrically challenge exposed with 2.1 × 1010 enterotoxigenic Esherichia coli strains bearing colonization factor K88, 987P, F41, or F41 plus K99. In response to challenge exposure with the K88-positive (K88+ ) organisms, 96% of Large White pigs died within 48 hours, whereas none of the Meishan pigs died. Both breeds of pigs had similar susceptibility to strains bearing 987P or F41. Lastly, Meishan pigs were found to be more susceptible than Large White pigs to a strain expressing K99 and F41. In pigs with diarrhea, challenge-exposure strains intensively colonized the jejunum (108 to 1010 bacteria/g of tissue) and, to less extent, the duodenum (except K88+ strain, which comprised 108/g). In most cases, jejunal concentrations of the challenge-exposure strains were substantially lower in pigs that did not have diarrhea. Half the resistant Meishan pigs eliminated the K88+ strain from the intestines. Colostral antibody titer that agglutinated challenge-exposure strains did not differ between Meishan and Large White gilts. Results indicate that resistance of pigs to the K88+ strain did not extend to enterotoxigenic strains bearing other well-known factors. They indicate, in addition, that genetic resistance to K88+ strains described in pigs in Europe may exist in pigs in China.
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