mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Welcome to this episode of Feedstuffs Swine Healthline, brought to you by Pharmgate Animal Health and focused on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.

M. hyo doesn’t have to be a part of pig production anymore. As we hear in this episode, elimination programs can be a cost-effective solution versus controlling this troublesome pathogen. 

Our guest is Dr. Amy Maschhoff, DVM, associate director of health for The Maschhoffs, LLC. Dr. Maschhoff earned her veterinary degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and began her career as herd veterinarian for The Maschhoffs. Now she serves in a more central role for The Maschhoff system, as well as supports the health assurance program for Acuity Genetics. Dr. Maschhoff also served on the National Pork Producers Council Swine Veterinarian Public Policy Advocacy Program. She is actively enrolled in the University of Illinois Swine Executive Veterinary Program. 

Dr. Maschhoff shares practical, on-farm experiences with eliminating M. hyo., the benefits of developing an elimination program, as well as the factors veterinarians should take into consideration when moving from M. hyo. control to elimination. She shares the lessons she has learned and will use in the future to improve elimination programs, as well as gilt monitoring programs. 

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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae has a complex interaction with a pig’s immune system. Understanding this response is essential to recognizing the pathogen’s role in respiratory disease, as well as treatment and prevention decisions.

Welcome to the third of four episodes of Feedstuffs Swine Healthline, brought to you by Pharmgate Animal Health and focused on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.

Our guest is Dr. Dominiek Maes with the Ghent University Porcine Health Unit in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. A veterinarian by training, Dr. Maes specializes in different infectious diseases with emphasis on respiratory disease (in particular M. hyopneumoniae), along with research in sow management and reproduction. Internationally recognized for his expertise in these areas, he’s authored 310 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and given 540 presentations during national and international conferences.

Accurate detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection in live pigs is critical for timely disease control, but it is challenging. New, practical tools that improve upon or complement existing diagnostics can make a difference. 

Our guest is Dr. Maria Pieters, a faculty member with the Veterinary Population Medicine Department and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Minnesota. A veterinarian by training, she has dedicated more than 15 years of research efforts to defining and developing areas of diagnostics, epidemiology, and control of swine Mycoplasma species, with a special interest in disease elimination. She is the principal investigator of the UMN Mycoplasma Research Laboratory and an active member of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology. 

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You know that Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is a primary pathogen in swine respiratory disease (SRD) complexes and a gateway to endemic health challenges. 

Jordi Mora of ECO Animal Health explains the impacts of M. hyo and swine respiratory disease in modern finishing operations and what swine health professionals can do to prepare for continuing challenges.

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