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An acute arthritis is followed in 6 to 8 months by the development of chronic polyarthritis when young Yorkshire swine are given a single intraperitoneal inoculation of Mycoplasma hyorhinis. Sequential antibody studies, using the metabolic inhibition test, revealed a brisk response in infected animals followed by sustained elevations of titers. Synovial fluid titers were found to exceed those of serum, suggesting local antibody production. The organism, readily recovered in the acute phase, became progressively more difficult to isolate.
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