MYCOPLASMATIC (ENZOOTIC) PNEUMONIA OF PIGS AS A HEALTHPROBLEM IN FATTENING UNITS
Journal: Scientific Papers Journal VETERINARY SERIES
Year: 2023

Mycopasmatic or enzootic pneumonia is the most common disease of the respiratory system under in the intensive pig production. It is clinically manifested by coughing, a chronic inflammatory process in the lungs, high morbidity and a relatively low percentage of deaths. The infection can be transmitted horizontally and vertically. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae invades the epithelial cells of the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli and disrupts the function of the ciliary body. Evagination of ep