AN ABATTOIR SURVEY OF THE INCIDENCE OF PNEUMONIA IN SASKATCHEWAN SWINE AND AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MICROBIOLOGY OF AFFECTED LUNGS
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 22 (4) , 82-85
Abstract
The lungs of 15,409 pigs, mostly from Saskatchewan, slaughtered at an abattoir were examined over a 1 yr period. The incidence of lesions was 36.7% for enzootic pneumonia and 2.1% for pleurisy unassociated with pneumonia. Seasonal variations were recorded and compared with the results of similar surveys carried out in Australia, Belgium and England. Mycoplasmological examination of lungs from 347 animals was consistently negative for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Pasteurella multocida was the commonest bacterial isolate, a result which agrees with those of other workers.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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