Genotypic analysis through pulsed-field electrophoresis of Bordetella bronchiseptica strains isolated from swine

• Grant number: 07/03079-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2007
• End date: July 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Andrea Micke Moreno
• Grantee: Reinaldo Massaharu Senaga
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Bordetella bronchiseptica is one of agents involved in atrophic rhinitis and bronchopneumonia in pigs. The economical lost caused by these respiratory problems are largely recognized, but the impact of this pathogen in herd health is frequently underestimated. The knowledge of epidemiological aspects of B. bronchiseptica infection is very important to adoption of effective control and prevention measures to reduce pig infection, and in this direction, molecular epidemiology studies have a great relevance. The present project has the goal of characterize strains of Bordetella bronchiseptica isolated from pigs, trhough polimerase chain reaction and pulsed field gel electrophoresis.