Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in New Zealand pigs

Authors: de Lisle GW, Aldersley B, Carman M, Penrose M, Hilbink F
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 40, Issue 4, pp 173-175, Dec 1992
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Pig, Production animal
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Pneumonia/pleurisy, Respiratory system, Reproduction, Reproduction - male, Oral/teeth
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Until 1989 it was believed that pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae did not occur in New Zealand and that the organism was not present here. In 1989, a pig was submitted from a Waikato pig farm to the Ruakura Animal Health Laboratory with lesions typical for the disease. The organism was subsequently cultured from the lesions. Since then, cases have regularly been diagnosed in the North and South Islands by the regional animal health laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, previously known as Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae or Haemophilus parahaemolyticus, is an economically important cause of pleuropneumonia in pigs worldwide. The disease is multifactorial, with stress and aspects of husbandry playing major roles. It manifests itself in symptoms ranging from reduced growth due to…

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