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250 Kobisch and Frey<br />

Table 1<br />

Oligonucleotide Primers a<br />

Annealing Fragment<br />

Name Utilization Sequence 5'–3' direction temperature size<br />

Hp1 1 st step L- primer TTCAAATTATAACCTCGGTC 57°C<br />

Hp3 1 st step R- primer AGCAAATTTAGTCTCTCTGC 57°C<br />

Hp4 2 nd step L- primer CGCTTTAGTACCGATATGGG 58°C 702 bp<br />

Hp6 2 nd step R- primer GCCATTCGCTTATATGGTGA 58°C<br />

Hp42 hybridization ACTGCCCCAAATGGAACAGG<br />

MHP950-1L 1 st step L- primer AGGAACACCATCGCGATTTTTA 52°C<br />

MHP950-1R 1 st step R- primer ATAAAAATGGCATTCCTTTTCA 52°C<br />

MHP950-2L 2 nd step L- primer CCCTTTGTCTTAATTTTTGAA 52°C 807 bp<br />

MHP950-2R 2 nd step R- primer GCCGATTCTAGTACCCTAATCC 52°C<br />

a Based on the nucleotide sequence <strong>of</strong> GenBank Accession no. AF004388<br />

29. 10X SSC buffer, 1X SSC is: 15 mM Na-citrate, 150 mM NaCl.<br />

30. 0.5 M EDTA.<br />

31. Agarose gel equipment including agarose, TBE running buffer (90 mM Tris-base,<br />

90 mM boric acid, 2 mM EDTA, pH 8.3), gel loading buffer, ethidium bromide,<br />

DNA size marker, as well as photographic equipment for documentation. For<br />

more details see refs. 12 and 13 and other chapters <strong>of</strong> this volume.<br />

32. Equipment for Southern blot hybridization.<br />

33. Autoradiography film for detection <strong>of</strong> radioactively labeled DNA probes.<br />

3. Methods<br />

The methods described below are aimed at (i) the detection <strong>of</strong> M. hyopneumoniae<br />

in tracheobronchiolar washings; (ii) the detection <strong>of</strong> M. hyopneumoniae<br />

in lung tissue samples; and (iii) the detection <strong>of</strong> M. hyopneumoniae from air<br />

samples from pig housing or expectoration <strong>of</strong> coughing pigs.<br />

3.1. <strong>Detection</strong> <strong>of</strong> M. hyopneumoniae<br />

in Tracheobronchiolar Washings<br />

3.1.1. General Remarks<br />

<strong>Detection</strong> <strong>of</strong> M. hyopneumoniae in tracheobronchiolar washings, done on<br />

non-anesthetized pigs, requires some experience in handling with pigs. Lung<br />

lavages obtained can be kept frozen until analysis by <strong>PCR</strong> in the laboratory.<br />

After extraction <strong>of</strong> DNA from the samples (14), detection <strong>of</strong> M. hyopneumoniae<br />

DNA is done preferentially by nested <strong>PCR</strong> “ABC” with the primer pairs Hp1/<br />

Hp3 and Hp4/Hp6, followed by a detection step involving a radioactively<br />

labeled oligonucleotide (see Subheadings 3.4.1., 3.4.2., and 3.4.4.) in order to

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