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Lungworms (Metastrongylus Spp.) Demonstrated in Domestic Pigs with Respiratory Disease - What was the True Relevance of that?
2021-12-30
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<h4>Background: </h4> An outdoor pig herd was affected by severe respiratory disease in one out of three pastures. At necropsy, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida were detected in the lungs, as well as the lung worm Metastrongylus apri . The life cycle of Metastrongylus spp. includes earth worms as an intermediate host, and since domesticated pigs mainly are reared indoors lungworms has not been di...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cb766b31-6d60-5fc4-9aa3-be3098fe0171
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1188679/v1
