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- Title
The first assessment to detect Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae by sampling laryngeal swabs to investigate sow stability in South Korea.
- Authors
Oh, YuSik; Baek, JongHyuk; Lee, JoongBok; Cho, Sun-Hee; Park, Changhoon
- Abstract
Background: Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae), a representative pathogen causing swine enzootic pneumonia, generally infects piglets vertically. However, it is difficult to ascertain the M. hyopneumoniae infection state of sows due to limited detection methods. This report investigated sow herd stability by applying nested PCR to laryngeal swabs of suckling pigs, which is reportedly the most sensitive method. Results: M. hyopneumoniae was detected in 14 farms (63.6%) and 127 piglets (6.5%). The prevalence of sows likely to transmit M. hyopneumoniae in herds (11.1%) was calculated. In addition, there was a significant difference in detection rates among farms depending on herd size, gilt replacement rate, acclimation method, and antibiotic usage, suggesting various parameters that influence sow stability. Conclusions: The results demonstrated that laryngeal swabs from suckling pigs have provided useful information regarding vertical transmission from sows in South Korean farm conditions. This result demonstrated that farms with larger herd sizes, higher gilt replacement rates, and a practice of naturally exposing gilts for acclimation had higher detection rates in weaning piglets, indicating an unstable sow infection state.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; MYCOPLASMA hyopneumoniae; SOWS; MYCOPLASMA; ANIMAL herds; PIGLETS; SWINE; ACCLIMATIZATION
- Publication
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020, Vol 16, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1746-6148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12917-020-02663-2