EXOone Mycoplasma hyosynoviae

Description

Mycoplasma hysosynoviae is an ubiquitous microorganism found in most of herds. As It is a respiratory spread disease the organism can be found in the upper respiratory tract, nose and tonsils of the animals. Nevertheless, Mycoplasma hyosynoviae infects joints and tendon sheaths rather than the respiratory system. It may be present in some herds with no clinical signs and yet in others cause severe disease whose main signs are arthritis, pain and the affected pig will be able to stand only for short periods of time.
Since sub-clinical infections are usual and so healthy animals often have antibody titres the serology is not the first option for the diagnosis. Molecular techniques allow a rapid detection of this mycoplasma with a reliable specificity.