Quilez J, Clavel A, Sanchez-Acedo C, Causape A C
Department of Animal Pathology, Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Vet Parasitol. 1995 Feb;56(4):345-8. doi: 10.1016/0304-4017(94)00682-3.
Infection by Blastocystis sp. has been detected for the first time in pigs in Spain. Detection was carried out by the ethyl acetate-formalin concentration method and direct microscopy. Vacuolated cells of Blastocystis sp. were found in stool samples from 27 of 360 pigs examined (7.5%). The protozoan was present on nine of 17 pig farms studied (53%). Infected pigs ranged from 1 month old to adults, but the organism was most frequent in 1-2 month old (18.4%) and 2-6 month old pigs (15.4%). No correlation was found between Blastocystis sp. infection and occurrence of diarrhoea in pigs.
西班牙首次在猪身上检测到芽囊原虫感染。检测采用乙酸乙酯-福尔马林浓缩法和直接显微镜检查。在所检查的360头猪中，有27头（7.5%）的粪便样本中发现了芽囊原虫的空泡化细胞。在所研究的17个养猪场中，有9个（53%）存在这种原生动物。感染猪的年龄从1月龄到成年不等，但该病原体在1-2月龄猪（18.4%）和2-6月龄猪（15.4%）中最为常见。未发现猪的芽囊原虫感染与腹泻发生之间存在相关性。
