Description
This book contains 14 chapters that discuss the genetics, epidemiology, prevalence, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of
Mycoplasma infections in pigs. Chapter 1 discusses the phylogenetics and classification of
Mycoplasma species in pigs; Chapter 2 describes the genomic diversity and antigenic variation of
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains; Chapter 3 discus...
This chapter reviews the current knowledge on vaccination of pigs against
, including the currently available vaccines and their effects, the mechanisms of protection, the different vaccination strategies and the different experimental vaccines that have been developed to further improve the efficacy of vaccination.