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Genotyping of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in wild boar lung samples.
Veterinary microbiology - 26 Aug 2011
Kuhnert P, Overesch G, Belloy L
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the etiologic agent of enzootic pneumonia (EP), an important cause of disease-associated losses in swine production and a role of wild boar in recurrent infections can be supposed. Genotypes of M. hyopneumoniae from wild boar are unknown but could indicate its role as a potential reservoir. Therefore, 34 lung samples being PCR-positive for M. hyopneumoniae from wild boar from the...
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