EFFECT OF BACTERIAL AGENTS OF PORCINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX ON PRODUCTIVE INDICES AND SLAUGHTER WEIGHT

Talita Brombilla; Renato Akio Ogata; Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar; Maristela Vasconcelos Cardoso; Vera Letticie de Azevedo Ruiz; Claudia Del Fava

doi:10.1590/1809-6891v20e-51615

EFFECT OF BACTERIAL AGENTS OF PORCINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX ON PRODUCTIVE INDICES AND SLAUGHTER WEIGHT

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Talita Brombilla Centro de Pesquisa de Sanidade Animal - Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-7338
Renato Akio Ogata Centro de Pesquisa de Sanidade Animal - Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1394-0555
Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar Centro de Pesquisa de Sanidade Animal - Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-0974
Maristela Vasconcelos Cardoso Centro de Pesquisa de Sanidade Animal - Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9147-170X
Vera Letticie de Azevedo Ruiz Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-8923
Claudia Del Fava Centro de Pesquisa de Sanidade Animal - Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2967-0203

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-6891v20e-51615

Abstract

Porcine respiratory disease complex comprises the interaction of two or more infectious agents. The major bacterial agents involved were investigated in 115 finishing pigs at a farm in São Paulo State, Brazil: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (serology, bacterial culture, and multiplex PCR), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) (nested PCR), Pasteurella multocida (multiplex PCR), Haemophilus parasuis (PCR multiplex), and Streptococcus sp. (bacterial culture). Macroscopic and microscopic lung lesions were evaluated, and zootechnical indices were recorded. Mhyo occurred in 113 animals (98.3%), seventeen of which were co-infected with Streptococcus sp. The finding of emphysematous lung was associated with significantly lower final and carcass weight at slaughter. Although vaccinated against Mhyo with an inactivated immunogen, almost 100% of the animals were infected. Mhyo infection with and without Streptococcus sp. co-infection was related to lung lesions of varying degrees and lower slaughter and carcass weight.
Keywords: differential diagnosis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, pleuropneumonia, Streptococcus sp., swine

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2019-10-24

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BROMBILLA, Talita; OGATA, Renato Akio; NASSAR, Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro; CARDOSO, Maristela Vasconcelos; RUIZ, Vera Letticie de Azevedo; FAVA, Claudia Del. EFFECT OF BACTERIAL AGENTS OF PORCINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX ON PRODUCTIVE INDICES AND SLAUGHTER WEIGHT. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 20, p. 1–12, 2019. DOI: 10.1590/1809-6891v20e-51615. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/51615. Acesso em: 20 dec. 2025.

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