Gross Pathology of Swine 1 Flashcards
cardiovascular, respiratory, hemolymphatics, GI
Most common heart defects
Valvular dysplasia
High ventricular septal defect
Differential list for myocardial necrosis (white spots on heart)
Pseudorabies (suid herpesvirus 1)
Encephalomyocarditis virus (picornavirus)
Foot and mouth disease (aphthovirus)- sucklings
Gross signs of polyserositis
Fibrin (vasculitis) in pericardium, chest, abdomen, joints, meninges
Causes of polyserositis (3)
Streptococcus suis type 2
Mycoplasma hyorhinus
Glasserella parasuis
Four causes of vegetative valvular endocarditis
Streptococcus suis type 2
Staphylococcus aureus
Coliform (e.coli, salmonella, trueperella, etc.)
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
What does a Vitamin E/Selenium imbalance cause in the pig?
Mulberry heart disease aka Dietetic microangiopathy
What is the pathogenesis of mulberry heart disease?
Vit E and Selenium don’t prevent oxidation–> fibrinoid vasculitis and hemorrhage due to systemic arterial degeneration–>ischemic necrosis of myocardium (no direct damage to myofibrils)
Gross signs with mulberry heart disease
Myocardial necrosis- classically, ton of hemorrhage around bulging/dilated RV
Arteriolar necrosis in multiple organs
Age group most often affected by Mulberry heart disease
Weaners
Other organs that will be affected by mulberry heart disease
Brain
Liver
Lungs
Differentials for fibrinous pericardial effusion (3)
Mulberry heart disease
Edema disease (shiga producing E.Coli)
Mechanism in gossypol toxicity (from cotton seed meal)
Heart- we don’t know, but they die of heart failure
Liver- uses up glutathione
Gross lesion with gossypol toxicity in the heart
Pericardial effusion
Differentials for nasal discharge
Polyserositis (glasser’s disease, strep suis, mycoplasma hyorhinus)
Inclusion body rhinitis
Pseudorabies in young piglet
Gross lesion with inclusion body rhinitis
Catarrhal rhinitis
Cause(s) of atrophic rhinitis
Nonprogressive- B bronchiseptica
Progressive- B bronchiseptica and P multocida (type D toxin producing)
What does necrotic rhinitis look like, vs. atrophic rhinitis
Necrotic rhinitis- bullnose (issue lateral to turbinates), caused by F necrophorum
Atrophic rhinitis- deviation of snout and porphyrin staining (turbinates gone)
Respiratory signs with pseudorabies
Age dependent:
No problems in adults
Grower-finisher- respiratory disease (lung spots of necrosis)
Pigs 2 weeks old or less- necrotizing rhinotracheitis, then hemorrhagic meningoencephalitis
Cause of tracheal hemorrhage
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae or suis
Swine influenza
Cause of checkerboard pneumonia with depressed necrotic areas in swine
Swine influenza virus (epithelial necrosis)
Cause of enlarged lungs without checkerboard pattern (2)
Porcine circovirus type 2 or Porcine arterivirus (PRRS)
Morph for porcine circovirus type 2 or PRRS
Granulomatous bronchointerstitial pneumonia