Tuesday 31 December 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Streptococcus zooepidemicus - USA (05): (PA) swine

Strep -- United States
- Starting on [28 Sep 2019] a high mortality event occurred in a cull sow slaughter plant in Tennessee. A chiller malfunction caused the hold of 22 loads of cull sows. On [30 Sep 2019], Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported over 40% of the 2222 sows in holding pens, dead or euthanized when condemned on antemortem inspection. Samples from the affected sows in Tennessee showed Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (_S. zooepidemicus_).
- Preliminary information suggests

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