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Genomic variability of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae within pig lung lobes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Genotypic variability in M. hyopneumoniae has been reported within and among herds. However, information regarding VNTR types within single lung lobes is lacking. The objective of his study was to analyse M. hyopneumoniae infections and their association with VNTR types and lung lesions at the lobe level. Lungs from 300 pigs from 10 farms experiencing an enzootic pneumonia outbreak were collected and scored. M. hyopneumoniae was detected by real-time PCR and genotyped by MLVA assay in all samples.

Results

The results showed genotypic variability within single pigs and among lung lobes. At the lobe level, infection with one VNTR type (SN infection) was dominant. Lobes with lesion scores >?0 were associated with positive results for real-time PCR. At the lobe level, no relationship was observed between infections with more than one genotype (MX infections) and the proportion of Mycoplasma-like lesions. Lesion-free lobes presented a higher proportion of MX infections than lobes scored >?0. M. hyopneumoniae was detected more frequently in the right lobe of the lung (p?ConclusionThe results did not show a significant association between the number of detected genotypes and the severity of the lesions at the lung lobe level, but revealed the unexpected detection of M. hyopneumoniae genotypes in lesion-free lobes. These results imply that a representative sampling of all lobes may lead to an accurate identification of the VNTR-type distribution. Further studies including factors that can affect pathogenetic evolution of this bacterium could shed light on the complexity of the relationship between genotypes and the lung lesions magnitude.

SUBMITTER: Tonni M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842051 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genomic variability of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae within pig lung lobes.

Tonni Matteo M Boniotti M Beatrice MB Gasparrini Sara S Guarneri Flavia F Formenti Nicoletta N Pieters Maria M Pasquali Paolo P Alborali Giovanni L GL

Porcine health management 20210128 1

<h4>Background</h4>Genotypic variability in M. hyopneumoniae has been reported within and among herds. However, information regarding VNTR types within single lung lobes is lacking. The objective of his study was to analyse M. hyopneumoniae infections and their association with VNTR types and lung lesions at the lobe level. Lungs from 300 pigs from 10 farms experiencing an enzootic pneumonia outbreak were collected and scored. M. hyopneumoniae was detected by real-time PCR and genotyped by MLVA ...[more]

PMID: 33509284

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Genomic variability of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae within pig lung lobes.

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Genomic variability of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae within pig lung lobes.

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