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Pig Journal Volume: 51
Publication date: June 2003

Proceedings Section

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS - ELIMINATION OF THE CARRIER STATUS?
W.D. Strachan, M.A. Maclennan, S.L. Douglas and J.R. Thomson

Abstract
Previous attempts to prevent the transmission of Streptococcus suis to piglets by antibiotic medication of the adult sow have been unsuccessful. The oral administration of tilmicosin to adult breeding animals in order to eliminate the carrier status for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae has previously been described. This paper describes the use of oral tilmicosin preventing the transmission of Streptococcus suis serotype 1/2 from sows to their offspring on two units. In one case, tilmicosin was used in a modified segregated disease control (SDC) programme to eliminate clinical evidence of enzootic pneumonia and streptococcal meningitis from the herd. In a second case, treatment of a group of sows successfully resulted in prevention of clinical disease in their offspring.

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