Pig Flashcards
The sow has diffuse placentation similar to what other animal?
mare
The follicular phase in the gilt includes which stages of the estrous cycle
Proestrus and Estrus
The luteal phase in the gilt includes which stages
diestrus and metestrus
The sow is in estrus for how long
4 days
in the sow CL formation occurs during which phase of the estrous cycle
metestrus
The immobile rigid stance seen in sows during copulation is stimulated by
back pressure; olfactory senses nd auditory senses
Pig embryos produce _____ which is involved in MRP
estrogen
Maternal recognition of pregnancy in the sow requires greater than ___ embryos in the uterus on day 12
4 total/ 2 in EACH horn
Which horomones rise just prior to parturition in the sow
Relaxin; PGF2; estrogen
PRRS in swine is AKA
Lelysted virus
Swine Mystery Disease
SIRS
You are visiting a farrow-finish operation and are asked to examine some piglets who aborted late in gestation. Upon necropsy of the piglets, you notice white necrotic foci in the liver and know that you need to immediately report this disease to health authorities. What disease are you going to report to the state veterinarian to come and investigate?
pseudorabies
You are asked to perform a necropsy on several piglets who have died before weaning as well as some still-birth and mummified fetuses. The piglets show vasculitis, myocarditis, and conjunctivitis. The weaner pigs on the farm are also showing signs of respiratory distress. Your most likely diagnosis in this case would be?
PRRS
When performing a necropsy on a pig in some foreign nation and notice a splenic infarct in the mummified fetuses as well as several piglets that had been aborted, your most likely diagnosis would be?
Hog Cholera
You are called to a hog farm because several of the sows on the farm have aborted and several of the Duroc boars on the farm have been suffering from severe orchitis and posterior paralysis. What is your most likely diagnosis?
Brucella Suis
A farrowing operation in Ohio has called you and reported a high percentage of mummified fetuses in their first parity gilts as well as significant infertility and stillbirths. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Porcine Parvovirus
