Occurrence of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Commercial Pig Herds in Southeastern Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Farm Selection and Sampling Design
2.2. Sample Collection and Processing
2.3. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Results | Hemotropic Mycoplasma | Mycoplasma suis |
---|---|---|
Positives | 131 | 58 |
Negatives | 285 | 358 |
Total | 416 | 416 |
Prevalence (%) | 31.49 | 13.94 |
Microregion | Sample Size | Number of Positives | Prevalence (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Microregion | General | |||
Caparaó | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Central Serrana | 69 | 7 | 10.14 | 1.68 |
Central Sul | 145 | 21 | 14.48 | 5.05 |
Centro-Oeste | 26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Metropolitana | 68 | 16 | 23.53 | 3.85 |
Nordeste | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Noroeste | 27 | 3 | 11.11 | 0.72 |
Sudeste Serrana | 69 | 11 | 15.94 | 2.64 |
Total | 416 | 58 | 13.94 | 13.84 |
Purpose | Negative | Positive | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Piglet | 82 (97.62%) | 2 (2.38%) | 84 |
Sow | 276 (83.13%) | 56 (16.87%) | 332 |
Total | 358 (86.06%) | 58 (13.94%) | 416 |
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Fialho, D.S.; Scofano, A.S.; da Silva, K.d.S.M.; da Silva, K.R.; Cordeiro, L.C.A.d.C.; da Cunha, N.C.; Nascimento, E.R.d.; Dias, T.S. Occurrence of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Commercial Pig Herds in Southeastern Brazil. Microorganisms 2025, 13, 1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061328
Fialho DS, Scofano AS, da Silva KdSM, da Silva KR, Cordeiro LCAdC, da Cunha NC, Nascimento ERd, Dias TS. Occurrence of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Commercial Pig Herds in Southeastern Brazil. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(6):1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061328
Chicago/Turabian StyleFialho, Daniele Soares, Agostinho Sérgio Scofano, Karyne dos Santos Marins da Silva, Katielle Ribeiro da Silva, Lara Celeste Araujo do Carmo Cordeiro, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Elmiro Rosendo do Nascimento, and Thomas Salles Dias. 2025. "Occurrence of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Commercial Pig Herds in Southeastern Brazil" Microorganisms 13, no. 6: 1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061328
APA StyleFialho, D. S., Scofano, A. S., da Silva, K. d. S. M., da Silva, K. R., Cordeiro, L. C. A. d. C., da Cunha, N. C., Nascimento, E. R. d., & Dias, T. S. (2025). Occurrence of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Commercial Pig Herds in Southeastern Brazil. Microorganisms, 13(6), 1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061328