1999. Although litter type did not have a significant effect, there was an interaction between litter type and season (P < 0.0001) due to higher contamination levels of deep litter pens in September 2011 compared to shallow litter pens. Google Scholar. KKK and HM designed the study, collected, processed the samples, discussed results and drafted the manuscript. This may be because of higher composting activity in the deep litter in the autumn [25], resulting in the production of heat, ammonia, carbon dioxide, moisture and organic acids [38] inhibiting more eggs compared to the shallow litter. The source of infection is from objects which have been contaminated with fecal matter containing eggs. The pens thus only had three walls and the roof only covered two-thirds of the pens so that there was no clear distinction between indoor and outdoor areas. Roepstorff A, Mejer H, Nejsum P, Thamsborg SM. Eijck IAJM, Borgsteede FHM. Sprinklers were placed on the edge of the roof. Parasitology. Die Würmer leben im Darm und werden bis 40 cm lang, wobei die Männchen kleiner als die Weibchen sind. 1986;11:9–15. From May to June 2001, 6 farrowing paddocks were naturally contaminated with A. suum using experimentally infected seeder pigs. With increasing age their activity levels increased as they roamed between different farrowing paddocks, thus increasing the risk of coming across infective eggs through rooting and geophagy [22]. The present study has for the first time systematically investigated the relationship between contamination of the environment with A. suum and infection levels in pigs raised on organic farms. PubMed  Ascaris suum zählt zu den häufigsten Helminthen bei Schweinen. 20 subsamples from the uppermost 10 cm. CAS  Seasonal dynamics of the infestation cycle of Ascaris suum. Flotation fluid was then added to a total volume of 50 ml and isolation and estimation of the number of eggs in the retained material was thereafter done as described for soil [8]. Mode of transmission of Ascaris Transmission occurs when eggs are swallowed from soil contaminated with human faeces or consumed with produce contaminated with soil containing infective eggs. However, it did appear that when linked with season, egg development progressed better in shallow litter in the autumn compared to the deep litter. For starter and finisher pigs, the model used the effects and interaction of litter type (shallow litter vs. deep litter), age group, season (sampling day) and access of pigs to weaning pastures as independent variables. Article  Mean percentage (+ SEM) viable eggs (i.e., able to fully embryonate in vitro) isolated from bedding material from three areas of pig pens on five organic farms. Formal ethical approval is not required in Denmark for surveys based on faecal samples. 4). See this image and copyright information in PMC. INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 0\. Transmission of Ascaris eggs is associated with accidental contact with . Ultimately, short-term exposure of A. suum naïve tracer pigs would provide a better estimate of transmission rates and levels [42]. Google Scholar. The Ph.D. fellowship of KKK was financed by the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and the Ph.D. Research School, RECETO. CAS  Ascaris suum. Parasite Immunol. Terms and Conditions, Eggs can develop fully within 21–24 days at 30 °C [39] and localised favourable micro-climatic conditions may have ensured that infective eggs originated from the pigs present in the pens at the time of sampling. Google Scholar. 4). Vet Parasitol. Ascaris suum Hb also metabolizes NO and O 2 through a dioxygenase or “deoxygenase” mechanism in vitro, protecting the O 2-sensitive intestinal worm from both O 2 and NO toxicity [115]. Google Scholar. The transmission of Ascaris suum depends upon the type of swine production system. However, more eggs were undergoing development in resting areas (44%) compared to intermediate (33%) and latrine areas (13%). Seasonal Ascaris suum prevalence in organic pigs. Ascaris suum was found on all farms. Vet Parasitol. 5). Reimers RS, Little MD, Akers TG, Henrigues WD, Badeaux RC. Pigs in farms D and E defecated both outdoors and indoors, converting approx. Deep litter and solid floors are thus believed to allow accumulation of parasite eggs and providing an environment conducive to their development [3, 4]. Letkova V, Hovorka J. Long-term pasture rotation to eliminate pasture contamination was not possible, and control programs should therefore include thorough cleaning indoors and composting/long-term storage of bedding material and manure to inactivate eggs and reduce transmission to pigs. max 2–5 cm followed by thorough mixing. Overall there were 106, 445 and 1331 eggs/g dry straw in the resting, intermediate and latrine areas, respectively. In typical Danish outdoor pig production systems, including organic farms, piglets are born outdoors on pastures while weaned pigs are often moved indoors and maintained in group pens with deep litter (straw added continuously) or shallow litter pens (less straw and more frequent removal of bedding material) until the finisher pigs are slaughtered. Eggs isolated from fresh faeces were embryonated for comparison (control). Einleitung 2\. 2002;106:253–64. 2009;75:662–7. However, more eggs were undergoing development in resting areas (44 %) compared to intermediate (33 %) and latrine areas (13 %). The extent of natural cross-transmission of Ascaris between pig and human hosts in different geographical settings is unknown, warranting investigation.. Methods. Agri-Practce. Early July, 1 sow farrowed on each paddock. Most of the stable facilities were fully closed with access to outdoor concrete runs with sprinklers, partially slatted floors and partial roofs [Farm A, B, D and E (finishers only)], but the stable for starters on Farm E was semi-open though the area with bedding material was fully covered by a roof. Stevenson P. The influence of environmental temperature on the rate of development of Ascaris suum eggs in Great Britain. The total number of superficial liver white spots were enumerated for each liver irrespective of whether they were of the diffuse granulation-tissue type or lymphonodular type [26]. Soil from pastures for starter pigs nevertheless contained more A. suum eggs compared to pastures for dry and lactating sows (P = 0.0003). It is therefore very likely that pig infection levels were overestimated in the current study. Folia Vet. CAS  Farrowing pastures were contaminated with a mean of 78-171 larvated eggs/kg dry soil depending on farm, while pastures for starter pigs contained 290-5397 larvated eggs/kg dry soil. -. J Therm Biol. Der Spulwurm (Ascaris lumbricoides) ist ein den Menschen sowie Affen und Bären befallender Parasit, der ohne Zwischenwirte auftritt. PubMed  Google Scholar. 1966;7 Suppl 16:1–112. Slurry and solid manure were only used to fertilise land used only for agricultural crops and never for pigs. Although there was a high degree of variation, contamination of the bedding material differed significantly (P < 0.0001) between the three areas with the overall highest density of eggs in the latrines followed by intermediate and resting areas (Fig. Eine Übertragung durch engen Kontakt mit infizierten Haustieren kann … Viability of Ascaris suum eggs from bedding material. Three of the farms used shallow litter in all stables (A, B and C), whereas one farm (D) used deep litter and one farm (E) used both shallow (introduced for starter pigs at the beginning of the study) and deep litter (finishers) (Table 1). The number of infective eggs was so low indoors, that they were hard to detect with the current test sensitivity. On farm C, pigs defecated in the area between the innermost roofed resting area and the outermost unroofed part of the pen to the extent that they created a large latrine area covering the width of the pen close to the sprinklers. 2). Baumgartner J. et al. The organic pigs of all ages were continuously exposed to A. suum, but mainly younger animals were infected. Cite this article. Background: Bedding material was collected from all the three different areas from two pens for both starter and finisher pigs on each farm. Ascaris suum is the most common nematode of pigs in outdoor farming systems [1, 2, 5] and may cause production losses due to altered carcass composition, reduced weight gain, increased fodder consumption and liver condemnation [6]. Roepstorff A, Murrell KD, Boes J, Petkevičius S. Ecological influences on transmission rates of Ascaris suum to pigs on pastures. The population genetics of parasitic nematodes of wild animals. Isolation and estimation of the number of eggs in a 5 g subsample of soil per sample was done using a NaCl-glucose flotation-sieving method [8]. The primary process to diagnose the presence of ascaris suum life cycle in a human is by collecting a stool sample. Gattung: Ascaris. Der Schweinespulwurm (Ascaris suum) ist ein parasitierender Fadenwurm aus der Gattung der Spulwürmer. Joachim A, Dülmer N, Daugschies A, Roepstorff A. Only pasture areas (n = 1–3) that had been in use for sows during the past year were sampled on farm E. Soil was also sampled from starter pastures (n = 1–2) on farm B, C and D whenever pastures were identifiable. Adult Ascaris organisms were obtained from humans and pigs in … -, Carstensen L, Vaarst M, Roepstorff A. Helminth infections in Danish organic swine herds. Understanding the transmission dynamics of A. suum is a prerequisite for the development of alternative strategies in organic and outdoor farming. Identification of factors influencing the occurrence of milk spot livers in slaughtered pigs: a novel approach to understanding Ascaris suum epidemiology in British farmed pigs. The slightly higher inactivation in September 2011 compared to other sampling times might be due to high temperatures during summer and autumn resulting in loss of moisture in resting areas and conversion of less toxic ammonium to toxic ammonia in latrine and intermediate areas [37]. Eggs were isolated from the retained material on the 38 μm sieve by flotation as described for soil [8]. Although there was no apparent difference between finisher and starter pens, as they had an overall mean number (min-max) of 17 (0–381) and 14 (0–356) larvated eggs/g dry straw, respectively, age group did have an overall significant effect (P = 0.03). The eggs are very hardy and can survive extreme environmental conditions like freezing and extreme heat. Category iii generally comprised eggs that were still undergoing development, as there were few eggs that had a slender larvae and thus likely to be fully developed and infective. The uppermost bedding material was sampled from three pen … Viability of Ascaris suum eggs in stored raw and separated liquid slurry. Area had a significant impact on the number of developing eggs (P < 0.0001) with the highest numbers in the latrine area [173 (0–1888)] followed by the intermediate area [147 (0–2175)] and resting area [47 (0–732)]. Mean number of eggs/kg dry soil (+ SEM) on pastures on five farms (A–E). PubMed Central  For faecal egg counts (not adjusted for false positives), the effect of farm, season (sampling days), age group and their possible interactions on faecal egg counts were analysed by PROC GLIMMIX and the model specified a negative binomial distribution of faecal egg counts and log-count as the link function. Starter pigs generally completely destroyed the pastures’ grass cover irrespective of season. Jolie R, Bäckström L, Pinckney R, Olson L. Ascarid infection and respiratory health in feeder pigs raised on pasture or in confinement. Although the prevalence and intensity of infection was higher in finisher pigs than starter pigs, the starter pig pens had the overall highest A. suum egg contamination, which may be due to a higher stocking rate in the starter pig pens. Roepstorff A, Murrell KD. 2005;29:407–14. 25–40 % of the indoor areas into a latrine. Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum are parasitic nematodes that mainly parasitize the small intestines of people and pigs, respectively. volume 9, Article number: 80 (2016) On farm B, most of the pigs also defecated in the outdoor run so that only a few pens contained a small latrine and intermediate areas on occasional samplings. The uppermost bedding material was sampled from three pen areas … Welf. [3]. Jungersen G, Eriksen L, Roepstorff A, Lind P, Meeusen ENT, Rasmussen T, et al. are used for this purpose. Parasitology. Season had an impact on the total soil contamination levels (P = 0.0124) as they appeared highest in September 2011 and lowest in March 2012, probably reflecting the climatic influence of the preceding months. Miquel N, Roepstorff A, Bailey M, Eriksen L. Host immune reactions and worm kinetics during the expulsion of Ascaris suum in pigs. Swine Heal Prod. 2). Ascariasis: the development of eggs of Ascaris suum under the conditions prevailing in a pig house. We performed a 1-year field study on five organic pig farms, mapping egg contamination levels in pens and pasture soil as well as faecal egg counts in starter pigs, finisher pigs, dry and lactating sows. Parasitology. The results showed that farrowing pastures were contaminated with a considerable number of infective A. suum eggs thus substantiating that piglets were exposed to the parasite from very early in life. For dry and lactating sows, the independent variables were the effects and interaction of pig age group, farm and season (sampling day). eCollection 2018. Similarly, the proportion of developing eggs differed between areas (P < 0.0001), but the trend was reversed as development was relatively more frequent in the resting areas (44 %) followed by the intermediate (33 %) and latrine (13 %) areas (Fig. These paddocks were primarily used during high peaks in productivity when the stables could not accommodate all pigs. Limited pasture areas complicates traditional pasture rotation schemes to control parasite transmission on some farms. Similarly, previous studies have shown that outdoor piglets can become infected when they are younger than two weeks of age [22], just as false positive egg counts in 4 week-old piglets support early access to eggs [1]. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. 1996;30:1026–9. Long-term survival of Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis eggs in relation to pasture management. With the aim to minimise the use of anthelmintics in especially organic livestock production systems and thus the risk of developing anthelmintic resistance as occasionally seen in conventional production systems [20, 21], there is an obvious need to control infections by other means than repeated administration of drugs. However, this may merely reflect that the shallow litter farm C had a relatively high occurrence of larvated eggs, with overall means of 11, 65 and 75 larvated eggs/g dry straw in the resting, intermediate and latrine areas. Helena Mejer. Ingestion of infective eggs from soil contaminated with human feces or contaminated vegetables and water is the primary route of infection. The difference is likely a result of lower stocking rates, prevalences and faecal egg counts for the sows. [1] Der Spulwurm gehört zu den Fadenwürmern. Environmental contamination and transmission of Ascaris suum in Danish organic pig farms. 2011 Aug 4;180(1-2):72-81. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.029. Acta Vet Scand. This was combined with mapping the level of egg contamination and development of eggs in bedding material in different well-defined areas of shallow and deep litter pens and in the soil on pastures. There was no overall effect of litter type on the proportion of developing eggs, but there was a modest interaction of litter type and season (P = 0.03), in that development was higher in September 2011 in shallow litter systems compared to deep litter systems, whereas this was reversed in the other seasons. If transferred to other pastures or stables, the pigs are likely to bring the infection with them, but little is known about how the actual transmission and infection dynamics may be affected in a stable environment. Vet Parasitol. Results are means of duplicate samples from each of two pens across four seasons. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1349-0, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1349-0. Sanchez-Vazquez MJ, Nielen M, Gunn GJ, Lewis FI. London: Elsevier; 2013. p. 363–81. The organic pigs of all ages were continuously exposed to A. suum, but mainly younger animals were infected. The transmission of Ascaris suum was studied in outdoor reared pigs. Trans Am Microsc Soc. 1958;77:380–3. Ascaris suum ist weltweit und auch in Mitteleuropaein sehr häufiger Parasit in vielen Haus- und Wildschweinpopulati onen . Parasit. Vectors. In total, 92 of 105 livers from finisher pigs had fresh liver white spots (diffuse and lymphonodular). SMT and AD discussed the results and helped in drafting the manuscript. Katakam, K.K., Thamsborg, S.M., Dalsgaard, A. et al. In the present study farmers practiced pasture rotation for both sows and weaner-starter pigs, but rotation cycles were far too short compared to the longevity of A. suum eggs of at least 9 years [10, 11]. This was repeated along a second alternate route. 1982;79:1–108. Ascaris suum, also known as the large roundworm of pig, is a parasitic nematode that causes ascariasis in pigs.While roundworms in pigs and humans are today considered as two species (A. suum and A. lumbricoides) with different hosts, cross-infection between humans and pigs is possible; some researchers have thus argued they are the same species. 2002;88:63–8. Treatment of Ascaris. Der Parasit führt weltweit zu erheblichen wirtschaftlichen Schäden. Roepstorff A, Nansen P. Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of helminth parasites of swine. Similarly, as there was no apparent faeces in the resting areas it is likely that the A. suum eggs present were introduced from the other areas and the outdoor run through the movement of pigs. doi: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00080-8. Farm C had a semi-open stable, housing all pig age groups. Similarly, the infectivity of eggs was also dependant on season (P = 0.0011) as the highest and lowest levels of fully larvated eggs were detected in December 2011 and March 2012, respectively. MRI, endoscopy, CT scan, ultrasound, etc. Katakam KK, Roepstorff A, Popovic O, Kyvsgaard NC, Thamsborg SM, Dalsgaard A. The transmission of Ascaris suum was studied in outdoor reared pigs. Long-term survival of ascarid eggs (Ascaris lumbricoides L., 1758) in the soil of Samarkand.  |  Ascariasis is caused by ingesting those worm eggs. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); 1998. Results are means of duplicate samples from each of two pens across four seasons. Ascaris eggs are passed in the feces (poop) of infected people. California Privacy Statement, The outdoor runs were not examined as the amount of fresh faeces and eggs made it unlikely to detect low numbers of older partially/fully developed eggs, but it is possible that eggs could develop to infectivity in the runs. 1997;115:443–52. Vet Parasitol. Vet Res Commun. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.029. Kraglund H-O. 1000 børn med Ascaris suum, man har kortlagt, at denne smitte stammer fra svineafføring. Roneus O. Crossref; PubMed; Scopus (12) Google Scholar, 13. Nilsson O. Ascariasis in the pig. Assessing the zoonotic potential of Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis: looking to the future from an analysis of the past. Int J Parasitol. The total number of eggs, number of developing eggs (pre-larval and larval stages), proportion of developing eggs and larvated eggs in the bedding material were successfully normalised by log (x + 1) transformation. Infectious eggs may occur on other objects such as hands, money and furniture. Google Scholar. Of the surviving eggs, a small proportion may become infective to pigs during a Danish summer season, yet it can still take up to 3–4 summer seasons before maximum pasture infectivity is reached [9, 11]. The uppermost bedding material was sampled from three pen areas (resting, intermediate and latrine) of shallow and deep litter pens. However, transmission was moderate until August of Year 2, when a pronounced increase in transmission occurred. Ascaris of humans is very closely related to Ascaris of pigs , there is clear evidence of cross-transmission of these two operational taxonomic units (OTUs: pig-Ascaris and human-Ascaris) between humans and pigs and vice versa [5–8], and the species status of … Identification of factors influencing the occurrence of milk spot livers in slaughtered pigs: a novel approach to understanding Ascaris suum epidemiology in British farmed pigs. In general, resting, intermediate and latrine areas comprised approx. Nejsum P, Betson M, Bendall RP, Thamsborg SM, Stothard JR. J Helminthol. We ... the use of mitochondrial markers or DNA barcoding approaches to infer species relationships and transmission dynamics for Ascaris is controversial . The highest mean number (min-max) of developing eggs/g dry straw were thus observed in the finisher pens [137 (0–2175)] compared to starter pens [87 (0–1888)], which probably reflected higher faecal egg counts and prevalence in the older animals. The roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infects 0.8 billion people worldwide, and Ascaris suum infects innumerable pigs across the globe. However, informed consent was sought from the farmers that volunteered to be part of the study, and all results were disseminated directly to the farmers. Soil was sampled from the pastures used for dry (n = 2) and lactating (n = 2) sows on farms A–D whether or not they contained animals at the time of sampling (due to pasture rotation). Br Vet J. The worm eggs can then grow into a form of the parasite that can infect others. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1349-0. 2011;141:245–60. The concentration of eggs in soil was highest in the autumn. Ebner F, Kuhring M, Radonić A, Midha A, Renard BY, Hartmann S. Front Immunol. However, the prevalence of A. suum, based on liver white spots in abattoirs, in England was reported to show seasonal variation as prevalence peaked in summer and early autumn [16]. Even if pig pastures are not directly fertilised with pig manure there is a possibility of contamination of pig pastures from contaminated agricultural crops due to movement of vehicles or workers, e.g., through contaminated tyres or footwear. However, due to the longevity of A. suum eggs, the environment still offered ample reserves of eggs to ensure continued transmission within the herd [14, 43] which may be complicated if combined with poor understanding of proper drug use [44]. 80–100 cm, so that more than one batch of pigs might be kept in the pen before the litter was removed. Males are up to 25 cm and females up to 40 cm long, whitish, and quite thick. Synonym: Schweinespulwurm ... Ascaris suum kann eine Länge von bis zu 30 cm erreichen: die Männchen sind zwischen 15 und 25, die Weibchen zwischen 20 und 30 ...Ascaris suum befällt vorwiegend Haus- und Wildschweine. Katakam KK, Thamsborg SM, Kyvsgaard NC, Dalsgaard A, Mejer H. Development and survival of Ascaris suum eggs in deep litter of pigs. Four categories of pigs were monitored in the study; starter pigs (12–16 weeks of age), finisher pigs (20–24 weeks), dry sows and lactating sows. Thamsborg SM, Nejsum P, Mejer H. Chapter 14-Impact of Ascaris suum in livestock. Low levels of white spots may thus be the result of both low and very high transmission levels. 2005;27:79–88. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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