doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.348-354
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Article history: Received: 16-08-2017, Accepted: 19-02-2018, Published online: 21-03-2018
Corresponding author: Durlav Prasad Bora
E-mail: drdpbora@gmail.com
Citation: Devi LB, Bora DP, Das SK, Sharma RK, Mukherjee S, Hazarika RA (2018) Virulence gene profiling of porcine Pasteurella multocida isolates of Assam, Veterinary World, 11(3): 348-354.Aim: The present study was conducted to detect and identify the virulence genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates of porcine origin from Assam.
Materials and Methods: A total of 21 porcine P. multocida isolates were subjected to capsular typing and detection of virulence-associated genes (pfhA, tbpA, hgbB, toxA, oma87, ompH, and nanB) using various polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods reported elsewhere. Further, pathogenicity of the porcine isolates of P. multocida was studied in mice. For each strain of P. multocida selected for pathogenicity trial, the group of mice was injected intraperitoneally (i/p) with 0.1 ml of the inoculum prepared from respective field isolates, containing 109 organisms per ml.
Results: Capsular typing of the isolates by multiplex PCR showed two capsular types, type A (66.66%) and type D (33.33%). All the isolates were positive for outer membrane protein genes, oma87 and ompH genes. Iron acquisition genes, tbpA and hgbB, were detected in 14.28% and 19.04% of the isolates. The dermonecrotoxin encoding gene, toxA, was present in 23.80% of the isolates. Filamentous hemagglutinin encoding gene, pfhA, was detected in 28.57%. The virulence gene distribution pattern of the isolates indicates the important role of the genes in disease pathogenesis.
Conclusion: From the present study, it can be concluded that toxA gene is an important marker gene for defining the pathogenic potential of P. multocida strains in swine.
Keywords: capsular type, Pasteurella multocida, porcine, virulence-associated genes.
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