Veterinary antimicrobials practices for swine mycoplasmoses: a field survey and comparison with scientific and regulatory recommendations
Romain Hollard, Anneke Feberwee, Salvatore Catania, Katarzyna Dudek, Jade Bokma, Lucía Manso-Silván, Glenn Browning, Dominiek Maes, Anne V. Gautier-Bouchardon, Manon Holstege, Florence Tardy, Jeanine Wiegel, Claire A.M. Becker · 2026
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Romain Hollard and co-authors surveyed 118 pig vets across 25 countries about how they treat mycoplasma infections in pigs, then set practice against published rules and guidance. Mycoplasmas are hard to diagnose and treat, antibiotics are often the only option, and resistance is a growing worry in their 2026 report.
Practice matched the guidance on the main choices: macrolides dominated prescriptions, followed by tetracyclines and pleuromutilins, and nearly all vets used lab tests at least sometimes. Testing for drug response lagged, with only about a third requesting it in most cases. A small minority at times prescribed antibiotics that cannot work against mycoplasmas or that are key for human health, and doses sometimes drifted from the label. The authors urge wider drug-response testing and wider sharing of treatment guidelines.
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| CREATOR | Romain Hollard, Anneke Feberwee, Salvatore Catania, Katarzyna Dudek, Jade Bokma, Lucía Manso-Silván, Glenn Browning, Dominiek Maes, Anne V. Gautier-Bouchardon, Manon Holstege, Florence Tardy, Jeanine Wiegel, Claire A.M. Becker |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53140 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |