Pigs Flashcards

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What causes vegetative valvular endocarditis?

A

Erysipelix
or strep suis

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What is the treatment for Erysipelothrix (diamond disease) ?

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Penicillin
prevention/ control - sanitation and vaccination
- tends to be seen more in Summer (hot weather)
- vacc pre-breeding sows and gilts
- weaning - maternal interference so have to wait til post weaning

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3
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What does Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae cause in pigs?

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Septicaemia
1. diamond skin
2. Arthritis, chronic form
3. Endocarditis
4. Abortion

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4
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What causes Glasser’s Disease (Polyserositis)?

A

Haemophilis parasuis
- a gram -ve cocobacillus

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5
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What are the main findings in pigs with Glasser’s dz?

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Sudden death of healthy pigs
Polyserositis/ septicaemia (fibrosus)
- pleuritis, pericarditis, peritonitis, meningitis

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6
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What treats Glasser’s disease (Polyserositis)?

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Penicillin
Tetracyclines
Ceftiofur
Enro

PCR to diagnose

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7
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T/F: Salmonella typhimurium is zoonotic

A

True

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8
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Purple discolouration in pigs e.g. ear tip necrosis indicated what?

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septicaemia - usually a finding in Salmonella spp.

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9
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How do you treat Salmonella spp in pigs?

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Neomycin in feed/water for whole group
Ceftiofur for individuals
Florfenicol in feed/water

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10
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PRRS - Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome is caused by what?

A

Anterivirus

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What is the most important significant disease in commercial piggery’s in the US/ worldwide?

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PRRS

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Clinical signs associated with PRRS

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neonates
- anorexia, lethary, fever
- cyanosis of the ears, resp distress
- 2’ bacterial pneumonia
- delayed or abnormal estrus with increase stillborns/mummies / abortions

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13
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PCVAD - Porcine circovirus associated disease is also known as ?

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Porcine wasting syndrome - a relatively new disease caused by porcine circovirus type 2
wasting in early finisher pigs
high mortality
enlarged peripheral LNs
evidence of pneumonia

ddx at necropsy

Vaccs extremely effective!!

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14
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What is pseudorabies?

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Caused by herpes \virus
also known as Aujesky’s disease
can affect pigs, dogs, cats, domestic animals
not humans
ERADICATED IN 2004 in commercial swine So is REPORTABLE

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15
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What clinical signs are seen in baby piglets affected by pseudorabies?

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up to 100% mortality
neurological dz, vomiting, diarrhoea
ulcers on oral cavity and esophagus

as pigs get older mortality lessens. Adults often inapparent but can cause stillbirth/abortion.

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16
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What are some cardiovascular diseases in Swine?

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Hog cholera
African Swine Fever
Erysipelas
Vitamin E/ Se deficiency –> mulberry heart dz.

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