Pleuritis in slaughter pigs: Relations between lung lesions and bacteriology in 10 herds with high pleuritis

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Jirawattanapong, Pichai ^a,b   Stockhofe Zurwieden, Norbert ^c   van Leengoed, Leo ^b   Wisselink, Henk ^c   Raymakers, Rudolf ^d   Cruijsen, Toine ^e   van der Peet Schwering, Carola ^c   Nielen, Mirjam ^b   van Nes, Arie ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Veterinair Centrum Someren   (Netherlands)

^e INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae; Pleuritis; Slaughter survey; Swine

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG LESION; LUNG LOBE; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PLEURISY; PORCINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; LUNG; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; NETHERLANDS; PLEURISY; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA OF SWINE, MYCOPLASMAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; SUIDAE;

EID: 71949084149     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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