Pneumonia of pigs: a review

Authors: Baskerville A
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 29, Issue 11, pp 216-218, Nov 1981
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Pig, Production animal
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Pneumonia/pleurisy, Viral, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Respiratory system, Zoonosis, Public health
Article class: Review Article
Abstract: Pneumonia of pigs is one of the more important disease factors limiting pig production. Of the varieties of pneumonia affecting this species enzootic pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma spp. is the most common and most important. The major effects of this disease are lowered food conversion ratio and poor weight gain. Deaths are usually the result of secondary infection by necrotising, pus-forming bacteria. Eradication of the disease is expensive and requires depopulation and restocking. Control and treatment by antimicrobial agents is most effective if the drug combination used takes regard of the bacteria complicating the disease on any particular property. Other forms of pneumonia such as those caused by Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae, Salmonella cholerae-suis and Aujeszky`s disease virus can be important on individual farms. The role of other agents such as Bordetella bronchiseptica and adenoviruses in respiratory disease of pigs remain to be clarified.
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