Table 1 Serotype distribution in various feeding stages and organs.

From: Serotype and multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus suis from diseased pigs in Taiwan

Category

Serotype 1

Serotype 2

Serotype 3

Serotype 7

Serotype 8

Serotype 9

N

OT

Total

(n = 28)

(n = 32)

(n = 79)

(n = 50)

(n = 45)

(n = 32)

(n = 73)

(n = 49)

(n = 388)

Pig production stages

Suckling pigs

27**

 

7

7

1

1

10

11

64

Nursery pigs

1

16

52

36

38**

24

50

28

245

Growing pigs

 

8*

13

6

5

5

6

7

50

Fattening pigs

 

8**

5

  

1

3

2

19

Breeding pigs

   

1

 

1

2

 

4

Unknow

  

2

 

1

 

2

1

6

Organ

Brain/cerebrospinal fluid

10**

1

5

4

1

12**

2

7

42

Lung/Bronchus

3

29**

63*

35

37

12

56

35

270

Liver

4

1

4

5

3

3

11

5

36

Synovial fluid

9**

 

5

3

2

2

1

2

24

Other#

2

1

2

3

2

3

3

 

16

  1. #includes heart, pericardial fluid, pleural fibrin, spleen, stomach, eye and nasal.
  2. N: Unidentified serotype, OT: Other serotypes include 1/2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 31.
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.