Pigs Flashcards
What is the preferred environmental temp for newborn piglets?
80-90 degrees F
What is the preferred environmental temp for mature sows or boars?
60-75 degrees F
What is the ideal weight gain per day in production swine?
1.7 lbs/day
What is the most important diagnostic resource for swine diseases?
Necropsy
What is the three site production system for big swine producers?
Site 1: Breeding/gestation/farrowing
Site 2: Nursery for 3 week old pigs until about 50 lbs
Site 3: Grower/finisher
What neurological disease in pigs less than 4 weeks of age can cause ataxia, seizures, opisthotonus and sudden death ?
Pseudorabies
What should you do if you suspect a pig has pseudorabies or classical swine fever?
Contact state veterinarian
What neurological disease in pigs can affect multiple body systems and causes a fever?
Classical Swine Fever aka Hog Cholera
How is pseudorabies in pigs diagnosed?
Virus identification via FA, isolation or histopathology
A nursing pig presents with paddling, incoordination and is febrile and you know you must use antibiotics to treat it, what disease is this?
Strep. Suis
What is glasser’s disease?
It is caused by Haemophilus parasuis, which infects 3 week to 4 month old pigs causing fibrinous polyserositis, fevers, and sudden death.
What is edema disease in pigs?
It is caused by E coli with shiga-like toxin that can lead to mesocolonic edema on necropsy
What are the clinical signs of edema disease?
Abnormal squeal, ataxia, and lateral recumbency with paddling in 1-3 weeks post-weaning
This neurological disease in pigs is characterized by eosinophilic meningitis on necropsy, what is it?
Salt poisoning caused by water deprivation
A group of feeder pigs presents with sudden hind end paresis and you think it may have something to do with their feed. What is the disease?
Selenium toxicosis
Which porcine skin diseases all present with clinical signs similar to vesicular stomatitis?
- Food and mouth disease
- Swine vesicular disease
- Swine vesicular exanthema
- Seneca Valley Virus
Which porcine skin diseases can affect pigs of all ages?
- Vesicular stomatitis
- Foot and mouth disease
- Seneca Valley Virus
- Swine vesicular disease
- Swine vesicular exanthema
- Pediculosis
- Parakeratosis
- Sunburn/photosensitization
- Insect hypersensitivities
- Septicemias like salmonellosis
Which porcine skin diseases only affects suckling pigs (1-3 weeks)?
- Swine pox
- Greasy pig disease
- Skin necrosis
Which porcine skin diseases usually only affect weaners and feeders?
- Sarcoptic mange
- Tail biting
- Porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome
A young, 2 month old white weaner presents with coalescing red circular-oval plaques mainly on the abdomen ( ventrum) that are non-pruritic. The pigs are non-febrile and they seem to recover spontaneously, what disease is this?
Pityriasis rosea-porcine juvenile pustular psoriasiform dermatitis
What is the main difference between porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome, and porcine juvenile pustular psoriasiform dermatitis?
The pigs that have porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome will be sick and febrile and many will die while pigs with porcine juvenile pustular psoriasiform dermatitis are not febrile and recover spontaneously.
Which porcine skin disease would you need a biopsy/histopath to diagnose?
- Swine pox
- Pityriasis rosea
- Dermatosis vegetans
- Cutaneous melanomas
- Sunburn, photosenitization
- Porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome
- Greasy pig disease ( culture more important)
Which porcine skin disease would you need to do a culture to diagnose?
- Greasy pig disease
- Erysipelas
- Septicemias like salmonellosis
How would you diagnose ringworm or sarcoptic mange in a pig?
Skin scraping
How would you diagnose pediculosis, skin necrosis of piglets, or tail biting in pigs?
Visual inspection
Which porcine skin disease would you need to do a feed analysis in order to diagnose?
Parakeratosis-Zn deficiency
Which porcine skin diseases are reportable?
- Vesicular stomatitis
- Swine vesicular disease
- Swine vesicular exanthema
- Foot and mouth disease
Which porcine skin disease can be prevented with a vaccine?
Erysipelas
Which porcine skin diseases tend to spontaneously recover?
- Swine pox
2. Pityriasis rosea
How would you treat pigs suffering greasy pig disease?
Prevent abrasions, improve sanitation, and give penicillin
How would you treat pigs suffering from sarcoptic mange pediculosis, or swine pox?
Ivermectin treatment for 10-14 days
How would you prevent pigs from suffering from dermatosis vegetans or cutaneous melanomas?
Good genetic selection
What porcine skin disease is characterized by “blood warts” on the skin, can result in carcass condemnation due to mets, and affects Durocs?
Cutaneous melanomas
How would you treat/prevent tail-biting in pigs?
Check the diet and decrease stocking density ( stress and boredom can cause it)
How would you treat skin necrosis of piglets?
Correct flooring and treat topically
A feeder pig presents to you with pyrexia then rhomboid/oval skin lesions, what is it and how would you treat it?
Erysipelas and treat with penicillin as it is caused by gram positive streptococcus..
The shiga toxin from E coli causes a disease that affects 1-3 week post weaning pigs. It is characterized by an abnormal squeal, ataxia, lateral recumbency with paddling and mesocolonic edema on necropsy. What is it?
Edema Disease
How would you diagnose the following swine neurological diseases? HEV, pseudorabies, IBR, Polioencephalomyelitits, encephalomyocarditis virus, blue eye disease, and selenium toxicosis?
Histopathology
Which neurological pig diseases could you diagnose with a culture ( there are three)?
- Strep. suis
- Glasser’s disease
- Edema disease
Which neurological swine disease are reportable ( there are 5)?
- Pseudorabies
- Classical swine fever
- African swine fever
- Swine vesicular disease
- Blue eye disease
What very important disease should you rule out when a pig is suffering from CNS signs?
Rabies
What are the main diarrheal disease in weaned pigs ( there are 10)?
- Post-weaning E. coli enteritis
- Salmonellosis
- Swine dysentery
- Porcine colonic spirochetosis
- Proliferative enteropathies
- TGE
- Porcine epidemic diarrhea
- Rotaviral enteritis
- Whipworms
- Classical swine fever
Which diarrheal porcine diseases that occur in weaned pigs can involve blood stained stool?
- Salmonellosis
- Swin dysentery
- Proliferative enteropathies (Lawsonia intracellularis)
- Whipworms
- Classical swine fever
Which diarrheal porcine diseases that occur in neonates can involve vomiting? What about weaned pigs?
Neonates-
- Enteric colibacillosis
- Transmissable gastroenteritis
- Porcine epidemic diarrhea
Weaned pigs-
- TGE
- PED
What is the interval of swine vaccine administration and at what age are they vaccinated?
Doses given at 3 week intervals staring at 3 weeks of age, want product in the system at least 2 weeks before an expected challenge
What two swine diseases have oral vaccines?
- Salmonella
2. Lawsonia
When do you want to give reproductive vaccines like Parvo, lepto and PRRS?
4-6 weeks before breeding and again in 3 weeks
Should you give PRRS live vaccine to pregnant animals?
No, only give to seropositive herds
Which vaccines lack cross protection due to the strain variation in the infectious agent?
- PRRS
2. Glasser’s disease
T/F: Many swine vaccines do not prevent infection, only decrease severity of clinical disease.
True
What is a rope toy used for?
Serologic monitoring of heard health status, especially when it comes to PRRSV
What does congenital tremor, myoclonia congenital refer to in swine medicine?
Hypomyelination/demyelination issue of the nervous system in PRE-WEANED pigs
In what age group of pigs is hypoglycemia likely to cause neurological disease? How would you treat them?
Neonates
Feed them
Which porcine neurological diseases are multisystemic?
- Pseudorabies
- Streptococcus suis
- Classical swine fever
How is type 1 strep. suis different from type 2?
Type 2 is zoonotic and is more common
This neurological pathogen of pigs is survives well in the environment and can enter the CNS system via macrophages. What is it?
Strep. suis
In what specific location does strep. suis like to localize in the body? What clinical sign does this cause?
Meninges and can cause opisthotonus, paddling and incoordination
What two porcine diseases can cause vegetative endocarditis?
- Strep. suis
2. Erysipelas
What is usually the only clinical sign of a strep. suis infection in a pig? What are some other signs?
Acute death, and may also see septicemia, fever and lameness
How would you diagnose strep. suis in a pig?
Culture it and do a post mortem exam to look for suppurative meningitis
How is strep. suis treated?
Antibiotics that are not penicillin resistance
What are the differentials for Mulberry heart disease in nursing or recently weaned pigs?
- Streptococcus suis
What are the clinical signs of classical swine fever?
- CNS issues
- Diarrhea
- Multisystemic
What are the clinical signs of glasser’s disease?
Sudden death and fibrinous polyserositis
How would you diagnose and treat glasser’s disease?
Culture and antibiotics
How does edema disease cause clinical signs?
The e. coli shiga like toxin targets the endothelium leading to ataxia lateral recumbency and sudden death
Do pigs with edema disease usually have diarrhea?
No
How would you diagnose edema disease?
Positive culture from the gut with edema in the greater curvature of the stomach and spiral colon on necropsy
How should you treat edema disease?
Antibiotics for gram negative bacteria
A pig presents to you and the owner says that he seems to be having a sequence of clinical signs with tremors, unconsciousness and then recovery. You ask if the pig had been in an area without water for awhile and then reintroduce. Why is this important to ask?
This sounds like Salt poisoning/water deprivation which can cause encephalitis due rehydration after the sodium concentrations in the body compartments reaches an all time high..including in the brain. Since salt pulls water in, the brain swells.
What is the first sign of salt poisoning?
INTERMITTENT convulsive seizures