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Use of Computed Tomography and Histopathologic Review for Lung Lesions Produced by the Interaction Between Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Fumonisin Mycotoxins in Pigs

Pósa, R. and Magyar, T. and Stoev, S. D. and Glávits, R. and Donkó, T. and Repa, I. and Kovács, M. (2013) Use of Computed Tomography and Histopathologic Review for Lung Lesions Produced by the Interaction Between Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Fumonisin Mycotoxins in Pigs. Veterinary Pathology, 50 (6). pp. 971-979. ISSN 0300-9858

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Abstract

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae has a primary role in the porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). The objective of this study was to determine whether fumonisin mycotoxins influence the character and/or the severity of pathological processes induced in the lungs of pigs by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Four groups of pigs (n ¼ 7/group) were used, one fed 20 ppm fumonisin B1 (FB1) from 16 days of age (group F), one only infected with M. hyopneumoniae on study day 30 (group M), and a group fed FB1 and infected with M. hyopneumoniae (group MF), along with an untreated control group (group C). Computed tomography (CT) scans of infected pigs (M and MF) on study day 44 demonstrated lesions extending to the cranial and middle or in the cranial third of the caudal lobe of the lungs. The CT images obtained on study day 58 showed similar but milder lesions in 5 animals from group M, whereas lungs from 2 pigs in group MF appeared progressively worse. The evolution of average pulmonary density calculated from combined pixel frequency values, as measured by quantitative CT, was significantly influenced by the treatment and the age of the animals. The most characteristic histopathologic lesion in FB1-treated pigs was pulmonary edema, whereas the pathomorphological changes in Mycoplasma-infected pigs were consistent with catarrhal bronchointerstitial pneumonia. FB1 aggravated the progression of infection, as demonstrated by severe illness requiring euthanasia observed in 1 pig and evidence of progressive pathology in 2 pigs (group MF) between study days 44 and 58.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: computed tomography, fumonisin B1, histopathology, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, pig
Subjects: S Agriculture / mezőgazdaság > SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány
Depositing User: Diszterhöft Zoltán
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2014 13:20
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2014 19:21
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/9410

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