Molecular detection of mycoplasma suis in extensive pig production systems in the state of Maranhão, northeast Brazil

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2019-04-01

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Martins, Mickaellen Susanny dos Santos
Silva, Lucas Diniz
Miranda, Leandro Macêdo
Lima, Cristian Alex Aquino
Do Amaral, Renan Bressianini [UNESP]
Machado, Rosangela Zacarias [UNESP]
André, Marcos Rogério [UNESP]
Braga, Maria Do Socorro Costa Oliveira
Do Rosário, Carla Janaina Rebouças Marques
Melo, Ferdinan Almeida

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Mycoplasma suis is a bacterium that causes hemoplasmosis in pigs. This agent is capable of adhering to the surface of porcine erythrocytes, inducing structural changes on these cells. In Brazil, there are few reports about the disease, its causal agent, and the economic impact of this pathogen on pig production systems and farm sanitation. The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence of M. suis in extensive swine farms located in the counties of Itapecuru Mirim, Santa Rita and Rosario, State of Maranhão, northeast Brazil. For such purpose, 64 blood samples of pigs from these facilities were tested for M. suis using a 16S rRNA gene-based quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR); 82.3%, 65.2% and 25% of blood samples of swine from farms in the cities of Itapecuru Mirim, Santa Rita and Rosario were positive for M. suis by qPCR, respectively. This study shows, for the first time, that M. suis circulates in pig populations from the state of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil.

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Hemoplasmosis, Mycoplasma suis, qPCR, Swine

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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, v. 28, n. 2, p. 306-309, 2019.