Abstract
Respiratory health is an important aspect of pig production due to its effects on pig performance and welfare. Haptoglobin, an acute phase protein, has been identified as a sensitive indicator of infection with respiratory pathogens such as Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and has been suggested as a possible marker for non-specific surveillance of pig health status (Heergaard et al., 1998). Other acute phase proteins such as Major Acute Phase protein (MAP) and Serum Amyloid A (SAA) may also be of use in disease surveillance. However, little is known about the variation of these proteins and their associations with post-mortem signs of disease in the pig. This information could be of importance in monitoring herd health and in facilitating ante- and post-mortem inspection by identifying diseased animals. This study was designed to determine whether various acute phase proteins could be used to identify enzootic or pleuropneumonia in individual pigs or farms with increased prevalence of these diseases.
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