Experimental Dual Infection of Cesarean-Derived, Colostrum-Deprived Pigs with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Pseudorabies Virus

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Shizuo SATO¹  Munenori OKADA¹  Katsuyoshi URUNO¹  Tetsuya SAKANO¹  Isao SHIBATA¹  Yasuo SAMEGAI¹  Masaaki ONO¹ 

[1] Zen-noh Institute of Animal Health

关键词: BALF;    dual infection;    Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae;    pseudorabies virus;    swine;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.60.295

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(27)Cited-By(11)To determine whether pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection increases the severity of pneumonia by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, 18, 10-week-old Cesarean-derived, colostrum-deprived pigs were randomly assigned to 3 groups of 6 pigs each. Pigs in groups A and C were inoculated intranasally with M. hyopneumoniae at 10-week-old. At 11-week-old, pigs in groups B and C were inoculated intranasally with PRV. All pigs were initially seronegative for M. hyopneumoniae and PRV. Three pigs of each group were euthanized at 12-week-old, and remaining pigs at 14-week-old. At necropsy, gross lesions in the lung were observed in the pigs of groups A and C. On post-inoculation-week (PIW) 2 with M. hyopneumoniae (at 12-week-old), lung lesions were recognized in one of the 3 pigs in group A and all the pigs in group C. The mean percentage of the lung lesions were 0.1% in group A and 9.8% in group C. M. hyopneumoniae was isolated from broncho-alveolar lavage fluids (BALF) of pigs in group A with titer of 102 to 103 CCU/0.2 ml and in group C with titer of 105 to 106 CCU/0.2 ml. On PIW 4 (at 14-week-old), lung lesions were observed in all the pigs in groups A and C, and the mean percentage of the lung lesions were 8.3% in group A and 17.2% in group C. M. hyopneumoniae was isolated from BALF in group A with titer of 104 to 107 CCU/0.2 ml and in group C with titer of 106 to 107 CCU/0.2 ml. PRVs were isolated from nasal swab and tissue samples in groups B and C. After inoculation, antibody against M. hyopneumoniae was detected in groups A and C, and against PRV in groups B and C. Under the present experimental conditions, PRV infection appear to have effect on the severity of experimentally induced acute mycoplasmal pneumonia in young pigs.

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