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| | *Caused by infection with [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium necrophorum'']] | | *Caused by infection with [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium necrophorum'']] |
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| − | ===Enzootic pneumonia of pigs=== | + | ===[[Enzootic Pneumonia - Pigs]]=== |
| − | [[Image:Enzootic pneumonia of pigs.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Enzootic pneumonia of pigs(Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]] | |
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| − | *Caused by ''[[Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae]]'' and ''[[Mycoplasma hyorhinis]]''
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| − | *Also called '''mycoplasmal pneumonia'''
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| − | *Major cause of unthriftiness in young pigs
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| − | *[[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|Pneumonia]] in weaned pigs
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| − | *Cough, reduced growth rate
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| − | *Attached to cilia - no [[Respiratory System General Introduction - Pathology#Mucociliary escalator|mucociliary clearance]]
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| − | *Usually non-fatal unless there is secondary infection (e.g. [[Pasteurella multocida|''Pasteurella multocida'']])
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| − | *Gross pathology:
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| − | **Confluent consolidation of the cranioventral lung lobes
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| − | **In other areas there may be small red to grey focal lesions evident which indicate the bronchiolar orientation of the inflammatory process
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| − | *Histologically
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| − | **Changes result from a catarrhal [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Bronchointerstitial pneumonia|bronchointerstitial pneumonia]]
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| − | **In chronic cases, prominent accumulations of lymphoid cells can be seen around airways and blood vessels
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| | ===''Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae''=== | | ===''Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae''=== |