Swine 8 Flashcards
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) - traditional aissue, and more recent situation in canada
n Traditionally a devastating respiratory disease
n Less severe in Canada in last 2 decades
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; biotypes
I: Typical > NAD dependent
II: Atypical > NAD-independent
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae differential diagnosis
Actinobacillus suis
what does the virulence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae vary with? what are the most virulent types?
15 APP serotypes
* Virulence varies with serotype
* 1, 3, 5, & 7 most virulent and common in Canada
APP transmission and incubation period? most common source of infection? environmental survival?
- Primarily horizontal (pig-to-pig) transmission
- Aerosol transmission unlikely between herds but maybe short distances
> Doesn’t survive in environment for a long time
> Carrier pigs most common source of infection - Short incubation period (6-12 hours)
APP severity in herd depends on?
§ Serotype
§ Exposure dose
§ Immune status of herd
§ Concurrent disease
APP – Pathogenesis, toxins
- Colonization of tonsils & alveolar epithelium facilitated by fimbrial adhesion
- Adhere to or phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages
- Produce 4 RTX exotoxins (Apx I, II, III, IV) which are hemolytic & cytotoxic
- Inflammatory cytokine production
- Exotoxins & cytokines result in:
> septic shock (peracute death)
> arteriolar thrombosis & alveolar necrosis (acute lung lesions)
APP – Clinical signs; peracute
- May be found dead (3-36 hrs PI)
- Sporadic pigs
- Increase respiratory and heart rates
- Sternal recumbency
- Cyanosis (extremities > generalized)
- Foamy bloody nasal discharge
APP – Clinical signs; acute
- Depression, anorexia, fever >40 C
- Dyspnea, coughing & agonal breathing
- Outcome varies with animal
- May be fatal - due to CV &
circulatory collapse - May survive and demonstrate chronic form
APP - clinical signs: chronic
- Survivors
- Chronic cough resulting from chronic pleuritis??
- No fever
- Reduced appetite & growth rates
APP – Pathology; Peracute & acute:
n Severe, acute necrotizing & hemorrhagic pneumonia
n Well demarcated, generally caudal lobes
n Focal pleuritis
n Blood-tinged froth in trachea
APP – Pathology; chronic
- Chronic pleuritis and adhesions
- Focal areas of consolidation & necrosis
- Pulmonary abscesses in survivors
APP – Diagnosis
- Pathology: necrotizing haemorrhagic pneumonia with focal pleuritis
- Slaughter check: high % pleural adhesions
- Culture & serotyping of lung lesions
- Serology: ELISA’s
a) APP-Multi ELISA: screens for all serotypes § If positive, request ELISA for individual
serotypes (ie 1,5,7)
§ Some serotypes cross react
APP – Treatment & Control
- Environmental control:
§ Same as Enzootic Pneumonia - Strategic medication:
§ Peracute & acute stages only
-Inject antibiotics to ALL pigs in barn
> ceftiofur, penicillin (only works for 25% of cases) or tulathromycin (Draxxin)
§ Mass meds: water, feed (amoxicillin, tiamulin, tilmicosin) - Vaccination (breeding herd):
§ Vaccination may protect against clinical
disease, but not against infection
§ Vaccination of variable value – rarely used
except in pre-entry acclimation
§ Subunit and killed products available
§ Serotype specific
actinobacillus suis compared to actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; diffrence in disease caused, how infection occurs, body parts affected and lesions
- Causes more diverse clinical disease
- Healthy pigs can be carriers
- Infection occurs through respiratory tract or invasion through abrasions in the skin
- Infection spreads to multiple organs**
- Bacteria causes hemorrhage and necrosis due to the production of toxins**