Relation between EP-like lesions and pleurisy with pluck and gut lesions in slaughtered pigs in Northern Portugal
Melissa Alves Rodrigues,
Pedro Teiga-Teixeira,
Eduardo Teiga-Teixeira
et al.
Abstract:Respiratory diseases have a great impact in the swine production industry. Macroscopic lesions in lungs are often detected during routine post-mortem inspection in the slaughterhouse, with enzootic pneumonia-like lesions (EP-like lesions) and pleuritic lesions being the most common. EP-like lesions, which are primary related with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection, are characterised by consolidation areas, demarcated purple or grey areas in the lungs. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is a respiratory pathogen a… Show more
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