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

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

Open Access
|Nov 2015

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.

Language: English
Page range: 195 - 201
Submitted on: Apr 27, 2015
Accepted on: Jul 13, 2015
Published on: Nov 18, 2015
Published by: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2015 Roman Pepovich, Branimir Nikolov, Ivo Sirakov, Krasimira Genova, Kalin Hristov, Elena Nikolova, Radka Hajiolova, Boika Beltova, published by Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
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