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DETECTION OF ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE IN PIGS USING POOLED ORAL
FLUIDS
Report prepared for the
Co-operative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork
By
Nicole Dron, Rebecca Doyle, Marta Jover-Hernandez, & Trish Holyoake
APPENDIX 2: EXPERIMENT 2 - TABLES AND FIGURES ...................................................... 84
APPENDIX 3: EXPERIMENT 3 - TABLES AND FIGURES ...................................................... 95
APPENDIX 4: PRODUCT CODES AND SOURCES ............................................................. 101
WORD COUNT ................................................................................................................. 102
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. A summary of the major toxins and capsular polysaccharides (CPS) (OmlA) produced by the recognized serotypes of APP
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Table 2. PRRS oral fluid test diagnosis classification table
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Table 3.
Parameters used to determine the required number of pigs and pens to estimate the proportion of pigs manipulating the rope in Experiment 1
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Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of the proportion of pigs which orally manipulate the rope (%) in each of the three housing types, within the 15 and 30 time intervals
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Table 5.
Results of a multivariable logistical regression analysis investigating the proportion of pigs orally manipulating the fluid collection rope according to pen size and time (based on 29 pens tested).
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Table 6.
Descriptive statistics of the proportion of pigs which orally manipulate the rope twice in each of the three housing types.
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Table 7.
Results of a univariable logistic regression analysis of pen size affecting the proportion of pigs touching the rope twice
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Table 8.
Sensitivity of the PCR test at detecting APP in 3 µl of saliva diluted in diluent
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Table 9. 6µl diluent template gel well contents
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Table 10. Shows the sensitivity of the PCR test at detecting APP in 3µl of template in saliva or diluent stored at 4oC or -20oC overnight.
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LIST OF IMAGES
Image 1. TEGO Oral® Fluid Test Kit illustrations 39
Image 2. Typical ecoshelter layout with hay bales distributed throughout
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Image 3. Example of a rope in a pen of pigs
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Image 4. Oral fluid collected using the TEGOTM Swine Oral Fluid Collection Kit
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Image 5 PCR gel of 6 µl template spiked diluent 63
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
APP Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae CPS Capsule Polysaccharides PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction ELISA Enzyme Linked Immuno-sorbent Assay CFU Colony Forming Units PRRS Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome PCV2 Porcine Circovirus Type 2 SIV Swine Influenza Virus DPI Department of Prime Industries NAD Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide HN Haemolysin neutralisation RTX Repeats in toxin OR Odds Ratio NF Nuclease Free
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The completion of this project would not have been possible without the assistance
of several people. Firstly, I would like to thank Trish Holyoake my primary
supervisor for introducing me to this project, sharing her knowledge and assisting
me with the experimental design. I valued the support and quick feedback which
made the final write up a success. If it wasn’t for Trish and her solid foundations in
the pig industry I may never have found farms suitable for this project. I would like
to thank the team especially Patrick Daniel and Brenda McCormick at the Pig Health
and Research Unit at the Victorian DPI. They were a great help when collecting and
testing samples for the study. I enjoyed and appreciated the opportunity to bounce
ideas around, and have all my questions answered. I would also like to thank my co-
supervisor Rebecca Doyle for the support, encouragement, motivation and
organisation of my projects. Reading over my work and setting goals, made it much
easier to stay focused and produce the final project. Thank you also to my final co-
supervisor Marta Jover-Hernandez. I valued the extensive amount of time she
dedicated to me, and the statistics of my paper. It was frustrating at times, but
without her there to guide me the dissertation would not be what it is now.
I would like to thank the owners/ managers of all the farms (who would prefer not
to be identified) and their employees for the co-operation throughout all aspects of
the study. The teams provided me with all the information requested, and access to
their pigs to perform the following project.
The team at Bioproperties particularly Youssef Abselosta and Sameera Mohotti;
were excellent in ensuring I gained sufficient PCR results for my study and
understood them. There were a few hiccups along the way, but it was a great for
me to learn “that’s how it is in science”, and not everything goes right the first time.
From my time in Melbourne at Bioproperties I learnt laboratory skills which I value
greatly.
I would like to thank Charles Sturt University for opportunity to complete my
honours year with the support of a network of dedicated staff, and great facilities.
To finish I would like to thank the Pork CRC for funding this project. Without the
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funds this project would not have eventuated. Completing this professional
research project has been both rewarding and provided me with a new skill set
which will be an asset in my future endeavours.
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1. SUMMARY
Herd health is an important factor influencing farm profitability and pig welfare.
Diagnostic methods such as blood collection and swabbing of body cavities to
collect specimens for laboratory submission are labour-intensive, potentially
stressful and invasive to the pig. The research described in this thesis investigates
the use of a novel diagnostic tool for herd health monitoring. The TEGOTM Swine
Oral Fluids Collection Kit (ITL Corporation, Melbourne) is designed to collect a
pooled oral fluid sample on a cotton rope, representative of a number of pigs
housed in a pen. This procedure is stress-free for the animals, easy and safe to use
for the handler, with very little labour costs. This technology is in early validation
phases in some countries outside Australia, for commercial use for detecting
antibodies and/or genetic material for Swine Influenza virus (SIV), Porcine
Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome
(PRRS) virus.
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) causes pleuropneumonia in pigs in
Australia, resulting in coughing, deaths and carcase condemnations and
downgrading. Diagnosis of APP in live pigs currently relies on Indirect-Enzyme
linked Immuno-sorbent Assays (ELISA) testing for APP antibody concentrations in
blood and/or Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR) testing for APP bacteria in tonsils.
To our knowledge, APP PCR testing of saliva samples collected from pigs on cotton
ropes has not been previously investigated in Australia.
The studies described in this thesis were conducted in three stages. Firstly, we
sought to gather data to assist in determining the ideal number of pigs: cotton rope
ratio to ensure that every pig in the group had at least one opportunity to contact
the rope. In this experiment, a cotton rope (TEGOTM Swine Oral Fluids Collection
Kit) was hung in pens housing different numbers of pigs (11, 54, and 360 pigs per
pen). Fifteen, eight and five replications were used for the pens with 11, 54 and 360
pigs, respectively. The proportion of pigs that manipulated the rope at 15 and 30
minute intervals was recorded. Results suggest that the proportion of pigs in
contact with the rope decreased with increasing pen size (P < 0.0001) and that
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more than one rope should be included in pens with more than 11 pigs, to ensure
all pigs contact the rope. Alternatively, using sample periods of more than 30
minutes would increase the proportion of pigs in the group that manipulate the
rope. However, longer sample periods would also increase the likelihood of cross
contamination, affecting the sensitivity of detection.
In the second experiment, we sought to determine the sensitivity of a conventional
PCR test to detect APP in saliva. Saliva samples were collected from pigs known to
be free from APP. These samples and control diluent samples were spiked with
known serial dilutions of a known concentration of APP bacteria (APPAliveTM
vaccine). The results indicate that conventional PCR can detect APP bacteria in
saliva down to a concentration of 1.26x104CFU/ml, and in diluent down to 1.26x103
CFU/ml. A side study conducted during the sensitivity test demonstrated that APP
in saliva will degrade at the same speed when samples are stored frozen (-20oC) or
refrigerated (4oC) (ten-fold decrease from 1.26x105 CFU/ml to 1.26x106 CFU/ml).
APP stored in diluent degraded faster when frozen, reducing the sensitivity of the
PCR tenfold 1.26x104 CFU/ml. Refrigeration of the sample in diluent maintained
detection concentration at 1.26x103 CFU/ml.
Finally, we conducted an experiment to investigate the correlation between APP
PCR testing of tonsillar swabs and saliva samples collected from individual pigs on a
farm with (sub-clinical) endemic APP. In this study, only 1 of 25 pigs (4%) sampled
produced a positive test result from the individual saliva collections. There were no
positive test results from tonsillar swabs. These results suggest that PCR testing of
saliva and tonsillar swabs has low sensitivity for detecting APP in sub-clinically-
infected pigs.
The results of this study suggest that APP bacteria can be detected in pigs’ saliva
using a PCR test; however, the test was not able to detect APP in tonsillar or saliva
samples from sub-clinically affected pigs in a herd where APP was endemic. Further
studies are required to determine whether the PCR can detect APP in tonsils or
saliva of pigs where APP is causing clinical disease in pigs. Alternatively, quantitative
(real time) PCR or antibody screening may offer more sensitive results.
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2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
2.1 Detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in oral fluids
from pigs
Disease diagnosis and monitoring relies on testing for antibodies or pathogens in
various biological samples (blood, tissues, and swabs) collected from individuals or
groups of animals. This is often labour-intensive and costly for the producer, as a
veterinarian or skilled technician is required to collect the samples. A method for
collecting diagnostic samples from groups of pigs has been developed and relies on
collection of oral fluids using cotton ropes (TEGO™ Swine Oral Fluid Kit 2011).
Development of the technology in overseas countries, is focused on the monitoring
of pig viruses including; Swine Influenza Virus (SIV), Porcine Reproductive
Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Virus and Porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2) (Dufresne,
2011). More recently, researchers have investigated the potential to test saliva for
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) bacteria using PCR (Costa, Oliveira, &
Torrison, 2012). Respiratory disease caused by APP in Australia and the possible
application of PCR-testing of oral fluids to diagnose/monitor this pathogen in pigs
will be discussed in this literature review.
2.2 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was first observed in 1957 by Pattison et al. The
bacteria was originally called Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae, but was later
changed to APP due to the discovery that the bacteria was closely similar to
Actinobacillus lingieressi (Pohl, Bertschinger, Frederiksen, & Mannheim, 1983). The
bacteria is highly-contagious, host specific, gram negative, fermentative,
haemolytic, facultative anaerobic, encapsulated coccobacillus of the
pasteurellaceae family (Dubreuil, Jacques, Mittal, & Gottschalk, 2000). APP is a
major endemic pathogen on many pig farms in the world and is the most common
cause of pleuropneumonia in Australia (Stephens, Gibson, & Blackall, 1990). The
bacterium is late-colonising which means that it will preferentially adhere to areas
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habituated with commensal bacteria, therefore it is commonly found in the deep
crypts of the tonsillar cavities, in the lungs and nasal cavities (J. T. Bossé et al., 2002;
Costa, et al., 2012).
2.2.1. Epidemiology
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is found in most pig keeping regions of the world
including Europe, North America, South America, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Korea,
Taiwan and Australia (Straw, Zimmerman, D'Allaire, Taylor, & Mengeling, 1999).
APP is readily transmitted by aerosol (over 2.5 meters) via droplet infection and
from direct contact with other infected pigs and materials (Jobert, Savoye, Cariolet,
Kobisch, & Madec, 2000). An APP bacterium has been found to successfully travel
up to 500 meters infecting neighbouring herds. The bacterium is known to survive
in water for 30 days at 4oC, and under ideal conditions in organic matter or mucus,
the bacteria could potentially survive for hours or days (Cutler, 2001; Straw, et al.,
1999). To prevent APP infection in a herd, measures including strict biosecurity are
mandatory. Close proximity between large herds pose the largest risk for disease
spread (Cutler, 2001).
Pigs of all ages may be infected with APP but those aged between 12-16 weeks of
age are most commonly diagnosed with APP-induced disease (Gardner, Bossé,
Sheldrake, Rosendal, & Johnson, 1991). Disease outbreaks occur usually after 9
weeks of age, when maternal antibody protection has disappeared. It is believed
that these younger animals are more prone to respiratory disease as they have a
reduced capacity to cough up pathogenic substances from their lungs (Curtis,
Kingdon, Simon, & Drummond, 1976). There is an increased incidence of APP with
periods of high stresses, such as cold, heat stress, overcrowding, mixing and
handling, which reduce the immune system’s capacity to fight of pathogenic agents
(J. T. Bossé, et al., 2002; Rosendal & Mitchell, 1983). These observations suggest
that pigs should be handled and moved minimally to reduce stress-induced illness
occurring with opportunistic bacteria, such as APP.
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2.2.2. Pathology
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection of pigs can lead to sub-acute, acute or
chronic disease. In acute cases of the disease, death can occur within 24-48 hours.
Affected pigs demonstrate haemorrhagic froth arising from pulmonary oedema
which is discharged from the nose or mouth just prior to death (J. T. Bossé, et al.,
2002; Cutler, 2001; Dubreuil, et al., 2000; Straw, et al., 1999). An RTX (repeats in
toxin) gene has a repeated peptide sequence found within the genes. The RTX
toxins specific to APP are named APX toxins (APXI, APXII, and APXIII). These toxins
are responsible for macrophage cell lysis within the alveoli of the lungs during
infection, compromising the primary immune response of the pig. Once the
bacteria enter the pig’s circulatory system they also have a haemolytic affect. This
occurs as the toxins released by the bacteria destroy tissue and immune cells
leaving them to multiply rapidly. The destruction of tissues results in pneumonia,
with pleurisy caused by leaking of pulmonary capillaries (Marsteller & Fenwick,
1999; Straw, et al., 1999).
Clinical signs expressed during the chronic and sub-acute stages of the disease
1993). Freezing samples is required if they need to be stored over long periods of time due
to collection procedures or laboratory availability. Refrigeration slows the rate of DNA
degradation and other bacterial growth but over time the degeneration can have a
significant effect (Bellete, et al., 2003; Pig vaccine breakthough a world first, 2009;
Zwietering, De Koos, Hasenack, De Witt, & Van't Riet, 1991).
5.3. APP presence in oral fluid
The study investigated the nature of APP bacteria and whether the pathogen itself can be
successfully detected using PCR laboratory testing of oral fluid. For the pooled oral fluid PCR
to be sensitive in detecting APP in pigs in a pen, the pathogen must be present in oral fluids.
Tonsils, lung lesions, and nasal cavities are thought to be common sites for APP harbouring
(Marsteller & Fenwick, 1999). Sidibe et al. (1993) isolated APP bacteria from the upper
respiratory tract in both the tonsil samples and nasal swabs. The study concluded that
different serotypes are site-specific, some nasal tests returned negative results when the
tonsils were positive and vice versa. Serotypes 3 and 8 were only found in the nasal passage
and 10 only in the tonsils. Similar finding where made more recently by Costa (2011)when
serovar 1 and 15 could not be isolated from tonsils of known positive animals.
According to Sidibe et al (1993) serotype 7, which was known to be circulating in the
experimental herd, can be found in both tonsils and nasal fluids, but is more likely to be
detected in nasal cavities. The lack of positive tonsil results may be due to the pathology of
the serotypes 1 and 7 infecting the herd. The infection was expected to be in the initial
stages, as within weeks a clinical breakout occurred, confirming that those positive results
may have detected the initial stages of a herd outbreak. Two pigs, suspected to have died
from pleuropneumoniae, were autopsied and APP was confirmed in both pigs using lung
culture samples. Tonsil samples were also submitted and again returned negative results.
Tonsil samples in all animals including those tested positive for APP by other means
produced negative results.
The results from this study of the suspected sub-clinically infected pigs resulted in a
single pig producing a positive result in the oral fluid testing. Surprisingly, the tonsil scraping
and serum testing from the same animals produced negative results. This pig may have
produced positive results only in the oral fluid because the animal had just made nose-to-
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nose contact with an (untested) positive pig (Costa, et al., 2011). Testing for APP antibodies
returned all negative results with the exception of one animal from a hospital pen. This
animal produced negative results for oral fluid and tonsil scrapping PCR. It is possible that
this pig had cleared the APP infection previously so that antibodies were residual from a
prior exposure event.
TEGOTM Oral fluid collection ropes were hung in all pens used for the study. Pigs within
these pens were known to be positive for APP after the return of a positive oral fluid
sample, the positive ELISA test result prior to the outbreak, and positive lung lesion samples
during the disease outbreak. Therefore the sensitivity of the rope collection of oral fluids
for the detection of APP is questionable under these experimental conditions. This may be
attributed to the nature of APP and it’s pathogenesis throughout stages of the disease or
the sensitivity of the laboratory tests. Further investigation into the expression of APP in
saliva needs to be investigated along with improving the sensitivity of the diagnostics tests.
5.4. Future research and conclusions
The results from this study indicate the need for further investigation into the use of pooled
oral fluid for disease diagnosis. Additional studies are required to further investigate and
establish a set of protocols for the use of single or multiple ropes for the oral fluid
collection. This is becoming more important as pen and group sizes are increasing with
movement towards more bedded housing of commercially farmed pigs in Australia.
The low proportion of test-positive pigs in Experiment 3, both by ELISA and PCR analysis,
suggests that either the test had a low diagnostic sensitivity, or that pigs had not been
exposed to APP. As both tests had been validated previously, it seems likely that the latter
is more to blame. It would be worthwhile repeating the study on an APP-infected herd
using older pigs, as the maternal antibody titre will have further diminished.
There is evidence to suggest that APP serotypes differ in their ability to be detected in
pigs’ tonsils. This warrants further investigation as it will most likely impact on the ability to
detect APP in oral fluids.
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We demonstrated that PCR testing can be applied to detect APP in oral fluids. It would be
interesting to determine the role of environmental contaminants on test detection
sensitivity and whether they have an inhibitory effect on laboratory tests.
The conventional PCR used in these experiments was not quantitative. Application of real-
time (quantitative) PCR for oral fluid testing should be investigated. Interpretation of results
would need to be approached with caution as the concentration of bacteria needed to
produce disease varies with APP serotype.
These results suggest that whilst the PCR testing of oral fluid for APP may not be sensitive
enough for detection in a sub-clinical herd, the determination of the causative agent during
a clinical break out may be possible, and this warrants further field investigation in the case
of a clinical outbreak.
Disease diagnosis of oral fluid samples is reliant on the presence of antibodies or the
pathogen itself being expressed in the oral fluid. When detecting for presence of APP in
saliva PCR analytical sensitivity does not seem high enough. The concentration of APP
bacteria within the oral fluid may not be high enough for PCR detection. Antibody detection
using common ELISA is the next step in finding if oral fluids can be utilised to monitor APP
presence. There has been research which concluded that antibodies specific for APP were
detected in oral fluid prior to serum (Loftager, et al., 1993), indicating there is a possibility of
early detection. In addition, Corthier and Aynaud (1977) found that there are considerably
higher levels of APP specific antibodies in oral fluid, due to the local immune response
within the respiratory tract over a systemic response. This higher antibody titre is promising
in that oral fluid samples may still be utilised to monitor APP circulation given the use of
ELISA testing instead of lower-sensitivity PCRs.
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: TEGOTM SWINE ORAL COLLECTION KIT
Image 1: TEGO Swine Oral Fluids Collection Kit contents: cotton rope attached to braided nylon cord (for attachment in pen), corner tear notch collection bag, 50 ml conical tube with individual bar code, double pouched shipping bag, latex free gloves and instructions for use.
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APPENDIX 2: EXPERIMENT 2 - TABLES AND FIGURES
Table 1: Sensitivity of the PCR test at detecting APP in 6 µl of saliva.
Gel 3: PCR gel 3 of APP detection in oral fluid, grouped and individual.
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Table 6: PCR results for the 2 pigs lung, tonsil and pen oral fluid samples tested. Pigs were both positive in lung sample but returned negative tonsil sample results. Grouped oral fluid from the pens the pigs were housed in was also negative.
Blood Sample form animal:
PCR result
Tonsil Lung sample Oral fluid 1 - + 2 - +
Pen 1 - Pen 2 -
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APPENDIX 4: PRODUCT CODES AND SOURCES
Product Company Catalogue Lot number
APPAlive™ Bioproperties
Agarose Amresco 0710500G 169B004
Gel red Biotium 41003 10G1028
NF Water Promega P119C 31029601
MgCl2 Promega A351H 30157855
5x PCR Buffer Promega M890A 31107728
Taq polymerase Promega M828B 1003870
dNTP’s Promega U1240 0000012603
APP-LPF-F1D Geneworks - 911220
APP-LPF-R1D Geneworks - 911221
Diluent
1kb DNA ladder G571A 30236902
Loading dye Blue/
orange 6x
G190A 30738811
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