LQ Flashcards
Other name for pityriasis rosea
Pustular Psoriaform Dermatitis
Pustular psoriaform dermatitis affects what age of pigs
6-14 weeks
Where do lesions develop in pustular psoriaform dermatitis
ventral abdomen and inner thighs
Ringworm is also known as
Dermatomycosis
Dermatomycosis is caused by what microorganisms
Trichophyta verrucosum, Microsporum notanum
Where do lesions occur in dermatomycosis?
Can be anywhere but in older pigs, it is usually found in the neck or behind the ears
Dermatomycosis is usually treated with?
Nystatin, Griseofulvin
Mange is caused by?
Sarcoptes scabiei var suis
How can mange be transmitted
Direct contact on skin
Direct contact on contaminated surface
What are common signs in acute mange
ear shaking, rubbing of skin against the pen
What are common signs of chronic mange
asbestos-like lesion develop in the ear, neck, elbows and hock
Mange can be treated with
Ivermectin, Doramectin, Phosmet spray
Causative agent of ASF
Asfaviridae family
Biological vector of ASF
Ornithodoros sp. (ticks)
ASF can be indirectly transmitted through
fomites, scavenging, swill feeding
ASF is susceptible to
Ether, Chloroform
ASF is inactivated by
8/1000 sodium hydroxide (30 min)
Iodine compounds
Border control for ASF, give the parameters
500m-7km-10km protocol
ASF is differential to
Classical Swine Fever/ Hog Cholera
Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome
ASF is differential to
Classical Swine Fever/ Hog Cholera
Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome
Causative agent of Hog Cholera
Pestivirus of Flaviviridae
Location of lesions in Classical Swine Fever
Gastrointestinal/Oral
Thoracic and Abdominal Cavity
Hemorrhage and Petechiae
Causative agent of Porcine Parvovirus
Parvoviridae
Within these days fetuses that died after conception are reabsored
<35 days
Clinical signs of PPV
stillbirth, mummified fetuses, abortion, decreased litter size
PPV affects most critical period of gestation which ranges from
40-70 days
Swine erysipelas is also known as
Diamond skin disease
Causative agent of diamond skin disease
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Char lesions of swine erysipelas
10-50mm raised diamond-shaped areas that may turn from red to black
Swine erysipelas affects what age group
greater than or equal to 12 week old
How is penicillin used in pigs with diamond skin disease
2x for 3 days, single dose for 2 days, 1mL/10kg
Chronic typically mold infectious pneumonia in pigs
Enzootic pneumonia/Mycoplasmal Pneumoniae
Causative agent of enzootic pneumonia
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
Lesions in mycoplasmal pneumoniae
Lungs are gray or purple most commonly apical and cardiac lobes and consolidated
Enzootic pneumonia usually affects what age group
all ages
Enzootic pneumonia can be treated with
Terracycline and Macrolides
Other names for Nipah Virus
Barking Pig Syndrome, Porcine Respiratory and Encephalitis Syndrome, Porcine Respiratory and Neurologic Syndrome
Causative agent of Nipah virus
Henipavirus of Paramyxoviridae
Lesions of Barking pig syndrome is usually found in?
lungs and meninges
This reduces mortality in Nipah virus
Ribavirin
Highly contagious vesicular viral disease of livestock
Foot and Mount Disease, Hoof and Mouth, Aphthous Fever, Aftosa, Maul-und-Klauenseuch
Causes pleuropneumoniae
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Characterized by sudden onset, short clinical courses, high morbidity and mortality
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Lesions of APP
Restricted to the respiratory tract, iclude nercohemorrhagic areas of consolidation accompanied by fibrinous pleuritis. Thoracic cavity contains blood-tinged fluid. Lesions are dark-red to black, firm, and develop as areas of infarction.
Antibiotic treatment for Swine Lung Pastuerollosis
Tetracyclines, Synthetic Penicillins, Tylosin, Sulfonamides
Characterized by two overlapping clinical presentations: reproductive impairment, and respiratory disease.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome or Blue Ear Disease
Causative agent of PRRS
Arterivirus
An acute rapidly spreading viral disease of swine in all ages characterized by diarrhea and vomiting.
Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)
2 types of TGE
endemic, epidemic
Causative agent of TGE
Coronavirus
TGE is closely related to?
Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus
Differential diagnosis for TGE
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea, Neonatal Diarrhea
2 types of POrcine Epidemic Diarrhea
Type 1, Type 2
This type of PED only affects grong pigs
Type 1
This type of PED affects all ages,
Type 2
Porcine Dermatitic and Nephropathy Syndrome differential diagnosis
Classical Swine Fever, African Swine Fever
Other names for Japanese B. Encephalitis
Arbovirus B. Encephalitis, Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis, Russian Aumnal Encephalitis, Brain Fever, Summer Encephalitis
Jap B. causative agent
Japanese Encephalitis virus
Lesions of Jap B.
Evidences of congenital neurologic damage: hydrocephalus, Cerebellar hyperplasia, Spinal Hypomyeli nogenesis
Subcutaneous edema
Causative agent of atrophic rhinitis
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Pasturella multocida
Hallmark of disease in atrophic rhinitis
Snout deviation
Ages of pigs affected by atrophic rhinitis
pigs after weaning up to 4 mo of age
Viral disease among livestock anf primarilly transmitted by biting flies and midges
Vesicular Stomatitis
Other name for Vesicular Stomatitis
Vesicular Bluetounge
Causative agent of Vesicular stomatitis
Rhabdovirus
Serotypes of rhabdovirus
Indiana, New Jersey
Vesicular disease of pigs reported in human but less public health risk.
Vesicular Exanthema
Vesicular disease of pigs, milder, affected pigs do not lose condition, and the lesions heal rapidly
Swine Vesicular Disease
Vesicular disease of pigs zoonotic, flu-like symptom in humans
Vesicular Stomatitis
Type of FMD responsible for 70% of outbreak globally
Type O
Young pigs, <14 weeks old, may die without clinical signs of
illness because of
Tiger Heart
FMD carrier state in cattle
3.5 years
Causative agent of FMD
Apthovirus, Pirornaviridae
Other names for Aujeszky’s disease
Mad itch, Pseudorabies
Viral infection that cause CNS signs in young animals and reproductive losses in sows.
Aujeszky’s Disease, Mad itch, Pseudorabies
Lesions of Aujeszy’s disease
Nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis present in gray and white matter
Do not perpetuate the infection and is only responsible for minimal spread
Incidental host
They act ass a source of infection for their own species
Reservoir/Maintenance
The pig is a reservoir host for these species of Leptospira
pomona, tarassovi, bratislava, muenchen
Pigs are incidental host for what specie of Leptospira
icterohaemorrhagiae
Test used for leptospirosis
Micro Agglutination Test
Lesions of Leptospirosis
Scattered foci of intestinal nephritis or generalized kidney scarring, “white-spotted kidneys” seen at slaughter
Specie of Leptospira that causes reproductive failure in second litter females, rather than gilts following their introduction to older carrier boars
bratislava
Similar to the strains of L. tarassovi, but is milder. It causes reproductive failure.
L. pomona
Leptospira canicola, affects what specie
dogs
L. hardjo affects what specie
cattle
A severe flu-like condition caused by L. pomona
Swine Herds’ Disease
The classic icteric phase of leptospirosis in humans and it’s causative agent
L. icterohaemorrhagiae
Causative agent of brucellosis
Brucella suis
Manifestation of brucellosis in boars
Swelling of male accessory glands, damage in the reproductive tract is usually permanent.
Causative agent of bang’s disease
Brucella abortus
substance normally produced by the fetus, placenta, genitals stimulates growth of brucella spp
Erythritol
Brucellosis in humans is called
Undulant fever
Infection that occur between these days, fetus dies and become mummified
> 35-70 days
Fetuses infected within these days are affected less severely and mount an immune response
70 or more days, immunocompetence of swine fetuses starts at 55-70 days
This occurs within 10 days of infection with PPV
transient leukopenia
Manifestations of PPV in sows
delay in farrowing, mummified piglets, no abortion, pseudopregnancy
Protozoal disease that affects the small intestinwe and causes scour in suckling piglets
Coccidiosis
3 types of coccidiosis
Eimieria, Isospora, Crysptosporidia
Type of coccidiosis that infects suckling piglets
Isospora suis
Eimeria suis and Eimeria porci are found in?
older pigs
Most pathogenic type of the three types of coccidiosis
Isospora
refers to feeding without limit
Ad libitum
refers to the equipment used in herding pigs that create slapping sounds.
Canvas slapper
refers to the rate or number of animals per given area
stocking density
refers to the rendering of a state of immediate insensibility delivered to the animal which should persist until the animals are slaughtered and become permanently insensible.
Stunning
Causative agent of arthritis in 1-3 week old piglets
Streptococcus suis
Causative agent of arthritis in 3-10 week old piglets
Mycoplasma hyorhinis