<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In the pig farm with signs of a respiratory disease complex and laboratory confirmed enzootic pneumonia, the prophylactic efficacy of the combination vaccine (M. hyo+PCV2), a single injection administered intramuscularly 21 days after birth, at a dose of 2 ml was tested. The clinical condition, pathological changes in the lungs and some epidemiological and economic results were reported. It was found that vaccinated pigs are in a better clinical condition in comparison with the control group. Morbidity in the rearing period was reduced from 16.3% in the control group to 6.0% in vaccinated pigs, and in the fattening period, respectively, from 30.6% in the control group to 10.0% in the vaccinated group. Pathological features in the lung characteristic for the enzootic pneumonia in the vaccinated pigs were reduced from 25.5%±7.24 to 4.0%±2.44, and PCVI - from 13.0%±4.66 to 0%. Vaccination of pigs has been received and a higher average daily gain in groups for rearing (0.624 kg) and for fattening (0.723 kg) was recorded.</p></abstract>

In the pig farm with signs of a respiratory disease complex and laboratory confirmed enzootic pneumonia, the prophylactic efficacy of the combination vaccine (M. hyo+PCV2), a single injection administered intramuscularly 21 days after birth, at a dose of 2 ml was tested. The clinical condition, pathological changes in the lungs and some epidemiological and economic results were reported. It was found that vaccinated pigs are in a better clinical condition in comparison with the control group. Morbidity in the rearing period was reduced from 16.3% in the control group to 6.0% in vaccinated pigs, and in the fattening period, respectively, from 30.6% in the control group to 10.0% in the vaccinated group. Pathological features in the lung characteristic for the enzootic pneumonia in the vaccinated pigs were reduced from 25.5%±7.24 to 4.0%±2.44, and PCVI - from 13.0%±4.66 to 0%. Vaccination of pigs has been received and a higher average daily gain in groups for rearing (0.624 kg) and for fattening (0.723 kg) was recorded.

Clinical Testing of Combined Vaccine Against Enzootic Pneumonia in Industrial Pig Farming in Bulgaria

Department of Infectious Pathology & Hygiene, Technology and Control of Food of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Biotechnology of Reproduction & Pathological Anatomy and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Virology and Viral Diseases, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Animal Breeding Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Macedonian Veterinary Review

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In the pig farm with signs of a respiratory disease complex and laboratory confirmed enzootic pneumonia, the prophylactic efficacy of the combination vaccine...

Clinical Testing of Combined Vaccine Against Enzootic Pneumonia in Industrial Pig Farming in Bulgaria

Published Online: Nov 18, 2015

Page range: 195 - 201

Received: Apr 27, 2015

Accepted: Jul 13, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.07.051

Keywords
Enzootic pneumonia, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, pigs, vaccination

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Clinical Testing of Combined Vaccine Against Enzootic Pneumonia in Industrial Pig Farming in Bulgaria

Published Online: Nov 18, 2015

Page range: 195 - 201

Received: Apr 27, 2015

Accepted: Jul 13, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14432/j.macvetrev.2015.07.051

KeywordsEnzootic pneumonia, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, pigs, vaccination

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Enzootic pneumonia, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, pigs, vaccination