Table 4 Information of M. hyopneumoniae acclimation strategies performed by the respondents
From: Survey on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae gilt acclimation practices in Europe
| Availability of isolation units (%) | Management practices in isolation units | No. of farms performing M. hyopneumoniae acclimation strategies (%) | Mean (range) of duration of acclimation period (days) | No. of farms verifying acclimation (%) | Methods used for acclimation verification (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIAO | CF | AIAO/CF | NR | ELISA | PCR | ELISA + PCR | |||||
| Collected data |
Yes 278 (86.6) |
122/278 (43.9) |
82/278 (29.5) |
1/278 (0.4) |
73/278 (26.2) |
224/278 (80.6) |
28.3 (7–180) |
53/224 (23.7) |
22/53 (41.5) |
4/53 (7.5) |
27/53 (50.9) |
|
No 32 (10.0) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
19/32 (59.4) |
37 (21–60) |
0/19 (0.0) | NA | NA | NA | |
|
Unknown 11 (3.4) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
5/11 (45.5) | NR |
0/5 (0.0) | NA | NA | NA | |
| Total | 321 | 122 | 82 | 1 | 73 | 249 | NA | 54 | 22 | 4 | 27 |