A vaccine for porcine pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was studied in Croatia on a farm infected by agent serotypes 2 and 9. Vaccination with a commercial subunit vaccine was initiated in the second half of 1998 due to the immense economic damage caused on the farm by this disease. All prefattening and fattening pigs kept on the farm during the first three months of 199...

The authors describe the clinical profile and epidemiology of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Europe. This disease, once considered to have been eradicated several years ago, has now become endemic in southern countries of Europe. The status of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Portugal and Italy, and the evolution of the disease during the last ten years, are analysed in detail, in add...

Pleuropneumonia is a common disease of equids, especially young racehorses. Although several risk factors for the development of pleuropneumonia have described, including strenuous exercise, upper respiratory viral disease, general anesthesia and esophageal obstruction, long-distance transport is probably the most common inciting cause. During the First World War, horse deaths from pneumonia ex...

The peculiar type of growth common to Asterococcus mycoides (Pleuropneumonia bouum), pleuropneumonia-like organisms (PPLO), and L forms of bacteria has lead to confusion and controversy. This controversy involves the interrelationships of these groups and of strains within the groups as well as their relation to bacteria in general. Excellent reviews by Sabin (1941), Elleneberger-Nobel (1951), ...

Within the past few years there has arisen a renewed interest in that group of bacterial forms designated as the "Pleuropneumonia Group," the prototype of which is Pleuropneumonia bovum, first described by Nocard and Roux in 1898, and for many years regarded as a virus because of its filterability. However, the cultivation of this organism on cell-free media, and the later complete description ...

Actinobacillus (A.) pleuropneumoniae is a causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, which has been reported in most countries. A genomic expression library of A. pleuropneumonia serotype 7 was constructed to identify potential vaccine candidates. Plasmid DNA from the sub-libraries (L1 to L10) was used to immunize BALB/c mice. Then, 2 weeks after the final immunization, the groups of mice were...

The following cases of singular interest occurred in my practice in the latter part of last year. As they were observed with a considerable amount of care, and as I cannot but think they are not of very usual occurrence, and as I believe they might serve for encouragement to some medical brother in charge of patients similarly affected, I have deemed it advisable to publish them. It is to be no...