Nursery Pig Diseases Flashcards
When are piglets usually weaned?
3 Weeks Old
What are some things that should be provided to piglets when they are moved to the wean-to-finish facility?
Supplemental heat, feed on mats, be sorted according to size, have a plan for water, feed or injectable vaccines and antimicrobials
Where in the swine process is the most mortality?
Pre-weaning
What are some common diarrheal diseases for weaned pigs?
E.coli, Rota, TGE, PED, Salmonella, Coccidia
What is on your differential list when you get a call about some recently weaned piglets with greenish-gray diarrhea, that are losing weight but apear to be eating and antibiotics havent worked?
E. Coli, Rota, TGE, Coccidia
On necropsy of the dead piglet you fine fibronecrotic small intestines and an egg shaped egg on slide and see it on McMasters. What is the diagnosis?
Coccidia
What are some CNS disorders that can occur in this stage?
Edema disease (E.coli)
Meningitis (Strep Suis)
Salt poisoning/water deprivation
Ascending paralysis from tail abscess/infection
Otitis interna and aural hematoma
Pseudorabies virus
What are some signs of CNS disease in piglets?
Ataxia, staggering, down and paddling, seizure, convulsion
Are there any labeled drugs for coccidia in pigs? If not what do you use?
NO
Amprolium, Albon or Marquis
What are some arthritis and associated disorders?
Polyserositis/arthritis
Swollen toes and knees
Erysiphelothrix rhusiopathiae
What are some respiratory disorders associated with nursery swine?
Atropic Rhinitis, PRRS, Circovirus, SIV, Salmonellosis and Mycoplasma
What is another disease of significance in nursery pigs that can be treated by dunking them in a bucket of bleach?
Greasy Pig Disease (Staph hyicus)
-Face, ears, cheek teeth
