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Research Project: Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Control Priority Bacterial Infections in Swine

Location: Virus and Prion Research

Title: Bordetella bronchiseptica and porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC)

Author
item Brockmeier, Susan
item HAU, SAMANTHA - Orise Fellow

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/5/2018
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This chapter, entitled "Bordetella bronchiseptica and PRDC," will be included in a book on the Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC). Bordetella bronchiseptica is a widespread bacterial pathogen of several mammals, and in swine, B. bronchiseptica is one of the bacterial components of PRDC. Infection by common swine respiratory viruses such as porcine respiratory corona virus, swine influenza virus, and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus predisposes pigs to bronchopneumonia associated with B. bronchiseptica. Coinfection with viral agents increases the incidence of overt disease, disease severity, causes an earlier onset of signs, and prolongs the course of resolution. B. bronchiseptica also contributes to PRDC by enhancing the colonization of other swine bacterial pathogens, including Streptococcus suis, Haemophilus parasuis, and Pasteurella multocida, resulting in more severe disease than that caused by B. bronchiseptica alone.