Final Flashcards
Gilt
Female, no births
Barrow
Male, castrated- meat source
Sow
Female with young
Weaner age
~3 weeks, weaned
Shoat
Older pig- term not used often
Finisher/fat hog- age/size
6 months, 280 lb, ready for market
Wean to finish sizes
30 lb to 280 lb
Feedback
Inoculate all animas at same time with pig intestines/manure to get them all sick at once
Parity
Number of litters
Non-productive sow day
3-7 days of not pregnant, not lactating
SEW- define, what is it used for?
Segregated early weaning to control disease
MEW
Medicated early weaning
MMEW
Modified medicated early weaning
Farm:pig ratio trend
More pigs, less farms
Describe the pig pyramid
Nucleus- multipliers- producers- market
Spot- -type of pig
Dark
SPF- define
Specific pathogen free
Primary SPF
C section derived
Ideal # teats
14
Most cost effective way to tx disease/outbreak
H2O tx
Duroc, Poland, Hampshire, Berkshire- type of pigs
Dark
Type of pig with lean muscle for meat
Dark
Pigs that are better mothers, not meat
White
Yorkshire, Landrace, Pietran type of pig
White (pietran spotted)
Method of death- gunshot, captive bolt
Disrupt brainstem
What is a rotational cross
Several different breeds mixed to maintain hybrid vigor
White scours/wet tail scours/ETEC- agent
Colibacillosis E. Coli
Secondary SPF
from primary SPF
TGE- agent
Coronavirus serotype 1
Colibacillosis in neonates - pathogenesis
Pili attach to enterocytes and destroy crypts, toxin secreted into SI lead to acidosis, dehydration, death
MMA- dz source in growing/breeding sows
PEDv (coronavirus)
Colibacillosis- tx
Abx, fluids
TGE- transmission
Coronavirus in feces for 10 weeks, fecal oral, airborne to 1 mile
Diarrhea and septicemia in
Colibacillosis (white scours, ETEC)
Coronavirus- diseases
TGE, PEDv
Most common site for gastric ulceration of animals at slaughter
Pars esophagae- where esophagus attaches to stomach
Profuse watery D, milk curds, V- dz
TGE (with less V can be PEDv)
Causes of gastric ulceration
Copper, stress, gastric acidity, whey, corn starch, off feed, etc
Colibacillosis (white scours, ETEC)- control
Vax to sow, AI/AO
Peracute death from hemorrhage/peritonitis in older pigs or chronic melena, weight loss, anemia and abdominal pain can be due to - dz
Gastric ulcers
TGE replication, pathogenesis
Lung, all SI; Villi damage, malabsorption, D, dehydration
PEDv vax- when to use
Dont use in sows unless a problem is present
PEDv pathogenesis
Villi destruction from replication in enterocytes of SI, ulceration leads to fluid loss, dehydration
Describe TGE immunity; best control method
IgG initial (Ab in serum for 7 weeks), IgA in gut colostrum; Maternal Ab in 6-12w piglets; Best control: Feedback
Fever, coughing, respiratory thumping, naso-ocular d/c in any age from nursery to finishers- dz
PRDC- porcine respiratory disease complex (pneumonia)
Ileitis*, NPE, RI, PHE, and NE are all other names for
PIA- porcine intestinal adenomatosis
PRDC agents
M. hyorhinus, PRRSV, SIV, bacteria
PEDv vs TGE cs
PEDv V less common
4.5 d old, watery, pasty D with rough hair coat
Coccidiosis
Respiratory infection with chronic non-productive coughing, rough hair coat, body condition loss, but low mortality
Mycoplasma pneumonia from mycopasma pneumoniae (or occasionally m. hyo)
Transmission of myco pneumonia
Aerosol or direct contact most common, airborne possible; Sow to piglet or pig to pig
Coccidiosis agent, source of infection
Isospora suis; NOT the sow, oocytes in the environment sporulate
Edema of gut, nervous signs, CPD in weaned pigs- dz
Edema dz from colibacillosis
Most common age for myco. pneumonia
3-10 weeks
Coccidiosis- gross lesions
Thickened, turgid jejunum and ileum
Pathogenesis of myco pneumonia
Infection of cilia of URT causing clumping and shedding (likely due to a cytotoxin) affecting mucociliary apparatus
Name the dz via the lesion: Necropsy- thin walled SI
PEDv or TGE
Coccidiosis- control, Tx
Get rid of spores, quaternary ammonia compounds/chlorox, heat/steam; Tx: Amprolium or decoquinate (coccidiostats), sulfas