Diseases Flashcards
PRRS is also called?
blue ear disease
A viral disease characterized by reproductive impairment or failure in
breeding animals, and respiratory disease in
pigs of any age.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratoy Syndrome (PRRS)
PRRS causative agent
arterivirus
PRRS incubation period
3-37 days
Porcine parvovirus causative agent
Porcine parvovirus
Parvo incubation period
20-40 days
A bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very high mortality rate
Nipah Virus
Causative agent for Nipah virus
Nipah virus (NiV)
Incubation period for Nipah virus
7-14 days
Symptoms of Nipah virus in pigs?
Barking Pig Syndrome
Porcine Respiratory Encephalitis
Porcine Respiratory and Neurologic Syndrome
It is a severe, highly contagious vesicular viral disease of livestock that has a significant economic impact. It usually produces severe
disease in pigs
Foot and Mouth Disease, Hoof and Mouth Disease, Aphthous Fever, Aftosa
Causative agent for FMD
Foot-and-Mouth
disease (FMD) virus, an aphthovirus
7 distinct serotypes of FMD
A, O, C,
S.A.T.1, S.A.T.2, S.A.T.3, Asia 1
FMD incubation period
2-14 days
A chronic,
typically clinically mild, infectious
pneumonia of pigs. The disease is
characterized by a persistent dry
cough, impaired growth, occasional
flares of overt respiratory distress, and a high incidence of lung lesions in
slaughtered pigs
Enzootic Pneumonia