THE PERIPARTURIENT DISEASE COMPLEX OF THE SOW .2. THE INFLUENCE OF APBACTERIURIA ON DEVELOPMENT OF PUERPERAL DISEASES OF THE SOW

In an industrial pig production unit ten sows were selected at random. All the sows had puerperal disease in their anamnesis and all of them revealed at the time of selection - during their late pregnancy - uri nary tract infection (UTI) and vaginal-vulvar discharge (VD) and most of them had significant bacteriuria a.p. All the sows were evaluated u sing Bilkei's MMA early detection system. The majority of the sows whi ch have had significant bacteriuria a.p. developed a puerperal disease .