Circulation of Streptococcus agalactiae ST103 in a Free Stall Italian Dairy Farm
We report here on an outbreak of mastitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae, or group B Streptococcus, in a northern Italy (Lombardy Region) free stall dairy farm. This outbreak was unusual because it occurred in a closed dairy herd and proved to be extremely difficult to resolve even after the application of the classical control procedures, which are specifically focused on the contagious nature of S. agalactiae. In order to better understand the potential origins of the pathogen and the critical points that could impair the eradication program and to investigate the possible presence of S. agalactiae in sources outside the mammary gland, we collected 656 individual composite milk samples, 577 samples from extramammary body sites (289 rectal, 284 vaginal, and four throat samples from milking cows, dry cows, heifers, and calves), and 81 samples from the cattle environment, including the milking parlor and the barn. Twenty-two S. agalactiae isolates were obtained from lactating cows or their environment. Of these, nine were isolated from milk, two were from rectal swabs, and two were from vaginal swabs, while nine were isolated from environmental samples. Based on molecular serotyping, pilus island (PI) typing and multilocus sequence typing, all isolates belonged to serotype III, pilus type PI-1/2b, and sequence type 103 (ST103), a type previously described to have an environmental transmission cycle and a potential human origin. Once the classical mastitis control measures were supplemented with environmental hygiene measures, herd monitoring using bulk tank milk revealed no further positive results for S. agalactiae, and the outbreak was considered resolved. IMPORTANCE Streptococcus agalactiae is an important pathogen in humans and cattle. Bovine mastitis caused by this bacterium and its control are generally associated with contagious transmission between animals. More recently, the presence of a fecal-oral transmission cycle in cattle has been proposed, linked to the ability of some S. agalactiae strains to survive in the bovine gastrointestinal tract and environment. Based on analysis of 1,316 specimens from cattle and their environment on a single dairy farm, we demonstrate the presence of sequence type 103 (ST103), which may have an environmental mode of transmission. This possibility was supported by the fact that the mastitis outbreak could not be controlled through measures to prevent contagious transmission alone and required additional environmental hygiene measures to be brought to a halt. This case study highlights that measures to control animal disease need to evolve alongside the microorganisms that cause them.
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