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Clostridium difficile in farm and slaughter animals in Belgium: detection and characterization

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Cristina Rodriguez1, Bernard Taminiau1, Johan Van Broeck2, Michel Delmée2and Georges Daube1 1.Food Microbiology Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

2.Microbiology Unit, University Catholique of Louvain, Belgium

INTRODUCTION

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic Gram‐positive spore‐ forming bacteria identified as a severe pathogenic agent in animals and humans. Its recent isolation in foods opens up the occurrence of alimentary origin infections.

OBJECTIVES

Determinate if there is a reservoir of such bacteria in animals engaged to human food and consequent true risk of transmission to humans through the food chain.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Samples

A total of 437 faecal samples were analyzed. Stools (202 from cattle and 194 from pigs) were collected at the slaughterhouse and from breeding farms (18 from calves and 23 from piglets). Microbiological analysis

One gramme of each sample was inoculated into 9 ml of cycloserine cefoxitin fructose taurocholate enrichment home made broth and incubated anaerobically for 72h at 37˚C. Subsequently, an aliquot of the broth was spread out on CCFAT and incubated at 37˚C for two days. Additionally, 15 stools from pigs at slaughterhouse were also enriched for a month before plating.

Identification and characterization

All morphological suspected colonies (brown‐grey, swarming and typical horse manure‐like smell) were verified using a Clostridium difficile latex agglutination rapid test (Oxoid) and subcultures onto blood agar (BioRad) (Figure 2&3). Isolates were identified by PCR detection of tpi, tcdA, tcdB and cdtA genes. Toxic activity was confirmed by a fecal cytotoxin inmmunoessay. Further characterization was performed by PCR ribotyping.

RESULTS

Clostridium difficile was isolated from 8.9% (39/437) of the total samples: 14 from cattle at slaughterhouse (6.9%), 18 from piglets (78.3%) at farm and 4 from calves (22.2%) at breeding farms. None of the pig fecal samples at slaughterhouse was positive for Clostridium difficile after three days of enrichment but 3/15 tested positive after one month of enrichment. Thirty‐four of the total strains were toxin positive (Table 1). Eighteen different PCR ribotypes were identified with type 078 predominant in breeding farms of calves (75%) and piglets (66.7%). Isolates from cattle presented the widest range in ribotypical variety.

Table 1. PCR‐ribotypes and toxin gene profiles of Clostridium difficile isolated from farm and slaughter animals

CONCLUSIONS

Present study proves the presence of Clostridium difficile in animals engaged to food in Belgium. The presence of the bacteria at the slaughterhouse and the high prevalence of pathogenic strains states a true risk of contamination to humans through the food chain.

Acknowledgements

Our most sincere thanks to the FMV’s ruminant and pigs unit service of ULg as well as to the public slaughterhouse of Liège‐ Waremme. Special remarks to SPF ZOODIFF RF09/6226, sole funder of the project.

Figure 1. Animal samples

Figure 2. Latex agglutination assay and subculture onto blood agar

Figure 3. Identification of Clostridium

difficile by morphological criteria

‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1 238 UCL Cattle ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1 9 UCL Animal Group PCR‐Ribotype n Cytotoxin ‐assay tcdA tcdB cdtA Piglets 078 12 + + + + 002 3 + ‐ + + 172 UCL 1 + + + ‐ 239 UCL 1 + ‐ + + Calves 078 3 + + + + 015 1 + + + 002 1 + + ‐ 014 1 + + + ‐ 081 1 + + + ‐ 087 1 + + + ‐ 103 UCL 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 118 UCL 1 + + + ‐ 36 UCL 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 16 UCL 1 + + + ‐ 16r UCL 1 + + + ‐ 118a UCL 2 + + + ‐ 20a UCL 1 + + + ‐ 273 UCL 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Pigs 078 2 + + + + 081 1 + ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1 238 UCL Cattle ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1 9 UCL Animal Group PCR‐Ribotype n Cytotoxin ‐assay tcdA tcdB cdtA Piglets 078 12 + + + + 002 3 + ‐ + + 172 UCL 1 + + + ‐ 239 UCL 1 + ‐ + + Calves 078 3 + + + + 015 1 + + + 002 1 + + ‐ 014 1 + + + ‐ 081 1 + + + ‐ 087 1 + + + ‐ 103 UCL 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 118 UCL 1 + + + ‐ 36 UCL 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 16 UCL 1 + + + ‐ 16r UCL 1 + + + ‐ 118a UCL 2 + + + ‐ 20a UCL 1 + + + ‐ 273 UCL 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Pigs 078 2 + + + + 081 1 + ‐ ‐ ‐

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