Artur Jablonski

Introduction: Porcine pleuropneumonia, caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App), is worldwide in its distribution and has caused severe economic losses in most pig-rearing countries. Epidemiologically, serotyping is the gold standard method, with App being classified into 15 different serovars based on the presence of surface carbohydrates, principally of the capsule. Variances in the virul ...

Introduction:Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic serovars of Leptospira sp. The disease in swine is mainly transmitted by contact with infected urine, blood, tissues, organs, contaminated water and feed. Leptospirosis can be spread by rodents or by direct contact of infected pigs. Clinical symptoms such as abortion, stillbirths and sometimes infertility are the most ...

Introduction:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App) and Haemophilus parasuis (Hps) are fastidious bacterial species commonly isolated in clinical specimens from pigs. App is associated with necrotizing pneumonia and Hps with polyserositis, arthritis and meningitis in pigs. The treatment has traditionally involved using beta-lactam antibiotics, to which the isolates of both pathogens have been almos ...