Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs: update on epidemioloy and control

Dominiek Maes : Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium, Merelbeke, Belgium Introduction Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) is the primary pathogen of enzootic pneumonia (EP), a chronic respiratory disease in pigs resulting from combined infections with M. hyopneumoniae and one or more secondary bacterial pathogens (Thacker, 2006). M. hyopneumoniae is also one of the primary agents involved in the porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). This respiratory complex in