Episode 2 - M.hyo and SIV: Contrasts for speed of spreading

  • 33 minutes
  • Podcast in Episodes
  • Prof. Greg Stevenson
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“Compared to PRRS, Mycoplasma is very slowly transmitted while influenza is a highly transmissible agent” - Prof. Greg Stevenson, Professor at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

After our separate podcast with him about PRRS, veterinary diagnostic pathologist Dr. Greg Stevenson discusses coughing in pigs due to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and the type-A swine influenza virus.

Running time: 33 minutes

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Cranio-ventral consolidation of the lung can be seen with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Due to ciliary damage, mucus builds up in airways and secondary bacteria infect the lung resulting in mucopurulent bronchopneumonia.