Grower Pigs and Pet Pigs

Question 1

What are the requirements of fitness to travel?

Answer 1

Pigs must be able to load and unload themselves
Pigs must be able to support their weight on four legs
Pigs must not have any open wound

Question 2

Which groups of pigs are considered NOT fit to travel?

Answer 2

Piglets < 3wks
Sows < 1wk farrowed
Sows > 100d in pig

Question 3

What are the 10 DDx for resp. disease in grower pigs?

Answer 3

Enzootic pneumonia
PCV2 / PMWS
Glasser's 
PRRS
APP
Pasturella multocida
Swine influenza
Strep spp.
Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis
Salmonella

Question 4

What is the causal agent of enzootic pneumonia?

Answer 4

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Question 5

What is the causal agent of APP?

Answer 5

Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia

Question 6

What are the 7 DDx for GIT disease in growers and the causal agents of the infectious DDx?

Answer 6

1. Swine dysentry - Brachyspira hydoysenteriae
2. Spirochaetal colitis - Brachyspira pillosicoli
3. PHE = porcine haemorrhage enteritis - Lawsonia intracellularis
4. Nutritional scour
5. GI ulceration
6. GI volvulus
7. Rectal prolapse

Question 7

What are the two main parasites seen in growers and what do they cause?

Answer 7

Ascaris suum = respiratory disease & milk spot liver

Trichuris suis = irritative colitis

Question 8

What is the main skin disease of growers?

Answer 8

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathie = diamond skin disease

Question 9

What is a pigs normal temp?

Answer 9

< 39.5 degrees

Question 10

What are the four basic Tx protocols for pet pigs?

Answer 10

1. erysipelas vaccination 2x/yr
2. clostridial vaccination 2x/yr
3. parasite control with ivermectin 2x/yr OR benzimidazoles 4x/yr
4. Fe injection for piglets

Question 11

What are the two options for euthanasia of pigs?

Answer 11

a. Gun - free bullet or captive bolt
b. barbiturate injection - intra-cardiac on the L for small pigs, ear veins blow easily, can try veins in groin, sedate first with stresnil