Diagnostic spectrum
* Partner laboratory
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae can also be detected by culture (service 150 Bacteriology).
General information
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is a gram-negative bacillus. It produces exotoxins that can destroy lung macrophages and erythrocytes. The clinical picture of an APP infection is characterised by severe respiratory symptoms with a strong impairment of the general condition (fever up to 42 °C). In intensive pig farming, pleuropneumonia caused by A. pleuropneumoniae is one of the most important infectious diseases. In peracute courses, it can lead to the death of the animals within 24 hours.