Porcine

Question 1

Gestation length in sows

Answer 1

115 days (4 months)

Question 2

What diseases does porcine circovirus cause?

Answer 2

PMWS, porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome, repro dz, porcine respiratory disease complex

Question 3

What is morbidity and mortality for PMWS?

Answer 3

10% morbidity, 75% mortality

Question 4

When can enterotoxigenic e. coli cause secretory diarrhea in piglets?

Answer 4

less than 5 days old and 4 days after weaning

Question 5

What type of e. coli causes edema disease?

Answer 5

shigatoxin varient 2e

Question 6

What part of the intestine is most affected by clostridium perfringens type c enteritis in piglets?

Answer 6

jejunem - hemorrhage

Question 7

What kind of diarrhea is caused by TGE?

Answer 7

malabsorption diarrhea

Question 8

What age of pigs get coccidiosis diarrhea?

Answer 8

7-14 days old

Question 9

What are the two types of strep suid type D in piglets?

Answer 9

type 1(septicemia) - 10 -21 days
type 2(joints, brain) - weaned pigs and growers

Question 10

What is the leading cause of meningitis in pigs?

Answer 10

strep suis

Question 11

What bacteria causes glassers disease?

Answer 11

haemophilus parasuis - polyserositis and arthritis

Question 12

What 3 bacteria cause athritis and polyserositis in pigs?

Answer 12

Haemophilus parasuis, mycoplasma hyorhinis, mycoplasma hyosynoviae

Question 13

What bacteria causes swine dysentery?

Answer 13

brachyspira hyodysenteriae

Question 14

Which bacteria can cause rectal strictures by causing thrombosis of the cranial hemorrhoidal artery?

Answer 14

salmonella

Question 15

What bacteria causes button ulcers of the colon?

Answer 15

salmonella typhimurium

Question 16

What age of pigs get exudative epidermitis?

Answer 16

10-21 days

Question 17

What is the pathognomic finding of sodium ion toxicosis in pigs?

Answer 17

eosinophilic perivascular cuffing of vessels of cerbral cortex and meninges

Question 18

What parasite causes formation of nodules in intestinal wall of pigs?

Answer 18

oesophagostomum spp

Question 19

What are the lungworms found in pigs?

Answer 19

metastrongylus

Question 20

What can fumonisin toxin cause in pigs?

Answer 20

porcine lung edema and hydrothorax

Question 21

What are the major causes of diarrhea in 1-3 day old piglets?

Answer 21

Clostridium perfringens
clostridium difficile
E. coli

Question 22

What neonatal pig diarrhea results from antibiotic treatment at birth?

Answer 22

clostridium difficile diarrhea

Question 23

What different types of clostridium perfringens are associated with low mortality and high mortality?

Answer 23

low - type A

high - type C

Question 24

What age do piglets get diarrhea from coccidia?

Answer 24

5 to 7 days (other says 7-14 days)

Question 25

What age does rotavirus affect most in neonatal pigs?

Answer 25

1-3 weeks

Question 26

What age does salmonella usually affect pigs?

Answer 26

any age but usually 2-3 months

Question 27

What are the main causes of diarrhea in older than 2-3 months?

Answer 27

ascaris suum (roundworms)
salmonella 
Trichuris suis (whipworms)
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
lawsonia intracellularis

Question 28

What are the two bacteria involved in atrophic rhinitis?

Answer 28

bordetella and pasteurella

Question 29

What two diseases cause necrotizing tonsilitis in swine?

Answer 29

pseudorabies and classical swine fever