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 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.
Henderson
J P
JP
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
O'Hagan
J
J
Hawe
S M
SM
Pratt
M C
MC
D000740:Anemia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002751:Chlortetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002751:Chlortetracycline; D010118:Oxytetracycline