Hemopoietic diseases of swine

Question 1

What is hemopoietic disease?

Answer 1

Hematologic diseases, disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs

Question 2

Name diseases that is due to hemopoietic

Answer 2

• Anaemia
• Iron deficiency anaemia in piglets
• Methaemoglobin anaemia

Question 3

What is anaemia?

Answer 3

Most common cause is losing blood, can be due to a bleeding gastric ulcer or a parasitic infection.

Haemolytic anaemia, haemolysis due to an agent. Either immune-haemolytic agent, like a blood-group incompatibility between mother/father or living agents such as mycoplasma suis.
Leptospira can also cause haemolytic anaemia, or cytomegalovirus infection

Nutritional anaemia
Lack of iron, copper, cobalt or essential amino acid. Most commonly the lack of ion

Question 4

What is iron deficiency anaemia in piglets?

Answer 4

The storing ability of the piglet is weak, huge growing potential. The balance in the iron storage is destroyed and the piglet will become anaemia.
We have two different types: severe and mild.

Question 5

When can the severe type of Iron deficiency anaemia in piglets happen?

Answer 5

It occurs in the first two weeks of life

Question 6

When can the mild type of Iron deficiency anaemia in piglets happen?

Answer 6

Occurs until the 1st month of age

Question 7

What are clinical symptoms in case of iron deficiency anaemia in piglets?

Answer 7

weight gaining will be less, sudden death, weakness

Question 8

How is Iron deficiency anaemia in piglets treated?

Answer 8

The treatment can be administered both parenteral and peroral.

Question 9

What is methaemoglobin anaemia?

Answer 9

Also called = nitrate poisoning

The nitrate is transforming into nitritt, which is modifying the haemoglobin to haemiglobin, because it is oxidising the iron ions. Through this there will be a failure in the oxygen transport. Biological air filters, the bacteria will break down the ammonia into nitrite and nitrate.

Question 10

What are clinical signs of Methaemoglobin anaemia?

Answer 10

Blue discoloration of mucosal membranes and skin, Cyanosis, chocolate-brown blood, failure of coagulation

Question 11

What is the treamtnet of Methaemoglobin anaemia?

Answer 11

The treatment is quite hard, but usually we give vitamin C and vitamin A.