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Table 2 Numbers of isolates of P. multocida and other pathogens detected in 3212 lung samples from pigs collected between February 2011 and October 2015

From: Occurrence of Pasteurella multocida among pigs with respiratory disease in China between 2011 and 2015

Year

No. of sample

No. of P. multocida

Isolation rates(%)a

Pathogens co-infected with P. multocida

S.suis

HPS

E. coli

Bb

Salmonella

Others

2011

616

46

7.5

15

13

8

3

2

2

2012

570

61

10.7

20

17

11

4

2

4

2013

630

57

9.0

19

15

11

6

1

3

2014

754

72

9.6

22

17

12

7

3

6

2015

642

60

9.3

18

14

11

6

2

4

Total

3212

296

9.2

94

76

53

26

10

19

    

(48.7%)

(39.3%)

(27.5%)

(13.5%)

(5.1%)

(9.8%)

  1. aThere were no significant differences in the annual isolates rates of P. multocida between 2011 and 2015 (p > 0.05). Statistical analysis was performed using the χ 2 test. S. suis, HPS, E. coli, and Bb represent Streptococcus suis, Haemophilus parasuis, Escherichia coli and Bordetella bronchiseptica, respectively