Simultaneous serological evidence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, PRRS, Aujeszky’s disease and influenza viruses in Spanish finishing pigs

A total of 198 pigs with tachypnoea and temperature ≥ 40°C were selected on a Spanish finishing unit, and their sera were examined for antibodies to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), Aujeszky’ disease virus (ADV), and swine influenza virus (SIV). Eighty-nine point nine per cent of the pigs were seropositive to App, 88·6 per cent to PRRS, 73·0 per cent to ADV, and 30.6 per cent to SIV. Thirty-one pigs (15.6 per cent) were seropositive for App,PRRSV , ADV and SIV, and only one (0·5 per cent) was seronegative for all. Statistical association was assessed for dual infections but it was not found in any case (P > 0·05). Other parameters (dyspnoea, nasal discharge and coughing) were also recorded, and no significant associations between them and the presence of antibodies against any of the four infections was found.