Anaemia and low viability in piglets infected with Eperythrozoon suis

Eperythrozoon suis infection was identified in a pig herd during an investigation into anaemia and low viability in newborn piglets and severe regenerative macrocytic anaemia in older piglets. The organisms were identified in the erythrocytes of piglets a few days old. Extensive investigations faile...

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Published in:	Veterinary record Vol. 140; no. 6; pp. 144 - 146
Main Authors:	Henderson, J. P., O'Hagan, J., Hawe, S. M., Pratt, MVB, MRCVS, M. C. H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Limited 08-02-1997 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Anemia - veterinary Animals Animals, Newborn Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Chlortetracycline - therapeutic use Female Mycoplasma - isolation & purification Mycoplasma Infections - mortality Mycoplasma Infections - physiopathology Mycoplasma Infections - veterinary Oxytetracycline - therapeutic use Swine Swine Diseases - mortality Swine Diseases - parasitology Swine Diseases - physiopathology
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Summary:	Eperythrozoon suis infection was identified in a pig herd during an investigation into anaemia and low viability in newborn piglets and severe regenerative macrocytic anaemia in older piglets. The organisms were identified in the erythrocytes of piglets a few days old. Extensive investigations failed to detect other causes of the anaemia and low viability. There was no response to parenteral iron administration alone but the piglets' viability and anaemia responded to the administration of tetracyclines. This is the first report of E suis infection in Northern Ireland.
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ISSN:	0042-4900 2042-7670
DOI:	10.1136/vr.140.6.144