![Figure 1. A natural infection model was used to evaluate detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae post-contact with an infectious gilt. X-axis: Weeks post-contact. Samples were collected in live gilts from Day 0 until 8 weeks post-contact.](https://www.pig333.com/3tres3_common/art/pig333/16597/home.jpg?w=650&h=366&ho=1&ts=1653979446)
Time to rethink Mycoplasma surveillance protocols for gilt introduction to negative sow herds
Traditional surveillance protocols for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae should not become a tradition. In this article, the authors give us their field-based research approach for an updated surveillance protocol with increased diagnostic accuracy.