Porcine Flashcards
Rhomboid skin lesions
Erysipelas
lethargy, anorexia, fever
penicillins, tetracyclines (usually), lincomycin and tylosin
Ascaris suum
roundworm
liver milkspots
avermectin, piperazine
Strongyloides ransomi
thread worm
enter through mouth
lung lesions
PRRS
alveolar macrophages
Clostridium Perfrigens D
vaccine sows pre-farrowing
Indicator of estrus
allow mounting by boar
indicator of proestrus
mounting other females
allow mounting by females
Mycoplasma hyorhinis
arthritis
hyorhinis - younger
synoviae - older
PCR test
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
disrupt pulmonary mucociliary apparatus
Clostridium perfringens type C
hemorrhagic enteritis
newborn piglets
vaccinate sows
Newborn piglet injection
iron dextran
Strongyloides ransomi
threadworms through colostrum d, anemia, death fecal float, intestinal scraping, necropsy ivermectin, fenbendazole
Necrotic rhinitis
Fusobacterium necrophorum
young pigs
Trichuris suis
whipworm
hemorrhagic - mucohemorrhagic enteritis
Synchronize lactating pigs
batch ween in 3-4 weeks
Lawsonia intracellularis
Gram neg
diarrhea - soft yellow to hemorrhagic
weaned to older pigs (3m)
weight loss
Eperythrozoonosis
anemia, fever, icterus, and reproductive failure insect vector young > old tetracycline no vax
Stephanurus dentatus
kidney worm
unthriftiness, slow growth, posterior ataxia
find ova in urine or necropsy
