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ArticleActa veterinaria Scandinavica2020

A descriptive study of acute outbreaks of respiratory disease in Norwegian fattening pig herds.

Liza Miriam Cohen, Carl Andreas Grøntvedt, Thea B Klem, Stine Margrethe Gulliksen, Birgit Ranheim, Jens Peter Nielsen, Mette Valheim, Camilla Kielland

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Liza Miriam CohenDepartment of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 8146 Dep, 0033, Oslo, Norway. liza.miriam.cohen@nmbu.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9077-7646
Carl Andreas GrøntvedtNorwegian Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 750 Sentrum, 0106, Oslo, Norway.
Thea B KlemNorwegian Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 750 Sentrum, 0106, Oslo, Norway.
Stine Margrethe GulliksenAnimalia, P.O. Box 396, Økern, 0513, Oslo, Norway.
Birgit RanheimDepartment of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 8146 Dep, 0033, Oslo, Norway.
Jens Peter NielsenDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 2, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Mette ValheimNorwegian Veterinary Institute, P.O. Box 750 Sentrum, 0106, Oslo, Norway.
Camilla KiellandDepartment of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 8146 Dep, 0033, Oslo, Norway.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences · NONorwegian Veterinary Institute · NOAnimalia (Norway) · NOUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

Foundation for Research Levy on Agricultural Products 267422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRespiratory diseases are major health concerns in the pig production sector worldwide, contributing adversely to morbidity and mortality. Over the past years there was a rise in reported incidents of respiratory disease in pigs in Norway, despite population wide freedom from Aujeszky´s disease, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, porcine respiratory corona virus and enzootic pneumonia. The main objective of this study was to investigate acute outbreaks of respiratory disease in conventional Norwegian fattening pig herds. The study included 14 herds. In seven herds with reported outbreaks of acute respiratory disease, data on clinical signs was recorded and samples for laboratory examination were collected. Diagnostic protocols were compared by parallel analysis of clinically healthy pigs from seven non-outbreak herds.

resultsThe most commonly reported clinical signs were sudden deaths and dyspnea. An average compartment morbidity of 60%, mortality of 4% and case fatality of 9% was recorded in the outbreak herds. Post-mortem examinations revealed acute lesions resembling porcine pleuropneumonia in all 28 pigs investigated from the outbreak herds and in 2 of the 24 (8%) pigs from the non-outbreak herds. Chronic lesions were recorded in another 2 pigs (8%) from the non-outbreak herds. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 8 was isolated from lungs and/or pleura from all tested pigs (n = 28) in the outbreak herds, and from 2 out of 24 pigs (8%) in the non-outbreak herds, one pig with an acute and another pig with a chronic infection. No other significant bacterial findings were made. Seroconversion to A. pleuropneumoniae antibodies was detectable in all outbreak herds analyzed and in six out of seven non-outbreak herds, but the risk ratio for seroconversion of individual pigs was higher (risk ratio 2.3 [1.50- 3.43 95% CI; P < 0.001]) in the outbreak herds. All herds tested positive for porcine circovirus type 2 and negative for influenza A viruses on oral fluid RT-qPCR.

conclusionThe main etiological pathogen found during acute outbreaks of respiratory disease was A. pleuropneumoniae serovar 8. All pigs from outbreak herds had typical lesions of acute porcine pleuropneumonia, and only A. pleuropneumoniae serovar 8 was identified. Co-infections were not found to impact disease development.

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Acute DiseaseAnimalsDisease OutbreaksNorwayRespiratory Tract DiseasesSus scrofaSwineSwine DiseasesActinobacillus pleuropneumoniaeAcute respiratory diseaseFattening pigsOutbreak diagnostics

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