China Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (8): 3927-3938.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.08.041

• Basic Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles    

Investigation of the Pathogen of Calf Diarrhea in Gansu Region and Isolation, Identification and Drug Resistance Analysis of Clostridium perfringens

ZHAO Xuejian1, CHEN Xiaoliang2, FENG Xiaowei2, ZHANG Kang2,3, MA Xiaojun1, LI Jianxi2,3   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    2. Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China;
    3. Engineering & Technology Research Center of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730050, China
  • Received:2025-01-09 Published:2025-08-02

Abstract: 【Objective】 This experiment was to investigate the prevalence of infectious pathogenic microorganisms causing diarrhea in calves from large-scale cattle farms in Gansu and to understand the resistance status of Clostridium perfringens (Cp) to common antibacterial drugs. 【Method】 5-combined nucleic acid detection kit for pathogenic microorganisms of calf diarrhea was used to test 108 fecal samples of calf diarrhea collected from 10 cattle farms in 8 regions including Lanzhou,Zhangye and Wuwei,which mainly included Cp,Bovine rotavirus (BRV),Bovine coronavirus (BCoV),enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K99 (K99) and Cryptosporidium (COWP). Cp nucleic acid positive bovine fecal samples were subject to bacterial isolation and culture,and identified using staining microscopy and biochemical tests.At the same time,PCR amplification was used to type the isolated strains.The drug sensitivity test and drug resistance gene detection of the isolated strains were conducted by disk diffusion method (K-B) and PCR,respectively. 【Result】 Among the 108 fecal samples collected from calves with diarrhea,the positive rate of Cp nucleic acid was 78.70% (85/108),the positive rate of individual infection was 14.81% (16/108),and the total mixed infection rate was 63.89% (69/108).The mixed infection rates of Cp with BRV and BCoV was 44.44% (48/108) and 24.07% (26/108),respectively.A total of 13 Cp were isolated,and all of them were type A.The results of drug sensitivity test showed that 84.62% (11/13) of the isolated strains were resistant to gentamicin,and 76.92% (10/13) were resistant to kanamycin.The results of the resistance gene detection showed that 84.62% (11/13) of the isolated strains were detected with Acc(6')/ph(2″) gene,53.85% (7/13) of the isolated strains were detected with ermC gene,and none of the seven resistance genes such as Sul1,qnrS,and ermB were detected. 【Conclusion】 The mixed infection of calf diarrhea in Gansu region was relatively serious.The main prevalent Cp strain was type A,and most Cp isolated strains were severely resistant to aminoglycoside and carried multiple resistance genes.

Key words: Gansu; calf diarrhea; Clostridium perfringens; isolation and identification; drug resistance

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