Intensively kept pigs pre-disposed to chlamydial associated conjunctivitis

Becker, A; Lutz-Wohlgroth, L; Brugnera, E; Lu, Z H; Zimmermann, D R; Grimm, F; Grosse Beilage, E; Kaps, Simone P; Spiess, Bernhard M; Pospischil, Andreas; Vaughan, Llyod

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00963.x

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Becker, A., Lutz-Wohlgroth, L., Brugnera, E., Lu, Z. H., Zimmermann, D. R., Grimm, F., Grosse Beilage, E., Kaps, S. P., Spiess, B. M., Pospischil, A., & Vaughan, L. (2007). Intensively kept pigs pre-disposed to chlamydial associated conjunctivitis. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A, 54(6), 307–313. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00963.x

Abstract

In the present study, ocular chlamydial infections in pigs that originate from two different farming systems were investigated. In particular, the aim was to test pigs with and without clinical ocular symptoms for the presence of Chlamydiaceae and for linked infections with Acanthamoebae spp. possibly acting as vectors for Chlamydia or Chlamydia-like organisms. In a total of 181 pigs, 102 from Germany (GER), representing the intensively kept animals and 79 from Switzerland (CH), which were kept extensively, were screened for the prese