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 (%) | ||||||
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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 |