Porcine Imaging Flashcards
- PMWS (Post Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Disease) - yellow scour in colon
- Mesenteric oedema
PMWS - inguinal lymph gland + lung congestion
- PMWS - inguinal lymph gland + lung congestion
- Interlobular oedema
PMWS - kidney enlargement (+ mottled)
PDNS (Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome)
PDNS
PMWS + PDNS
Meningitis - neuro signs
Meningitis - strep suis type 2
Tail biting
Tail biting
Ileitis (Lawsonia intracellularis) - peracute, intestinal haemorrhage, ‘Haemorrhagic enteropathy’
Acute ileitis - extensive H+ in intestine, magena scour
Acute ileitis - magenta scour
- Chronic ileitis - diphtheritic gut
- Enlarged mesenteric LN
- Thickened diphtheritic terminal ileum (just before joining colon)
Chronic ileitis - haemorrhagic
- Swine dysentery - dysenteric scour, blood + mucus
Swine dysentery - in colon
Enzootic pneumonia (EP) - Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, clear demarcation of consolidated (darker + red) + normal lung (lighter link)
Enzootic pneumonia (EP) - Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
- APP - actinobacillus pleuropneumonia
- Typical H+ consolidation w/ overlying pleurisy
APP - actinobacillus pleuropneumonia
Glassers (G. parasuis) - pleurisy
Glassers (G. parasuis) - pericarditis + pleurisy
Glassers (G. parasuis) - polyserositis/pleurisy
Glassers (G. parasuis) - pericarditis
Atrophic rhinitis
Atrophic rhinitis - damaged nasal turbinates
- Turbinates destroyed
- Reduces’ pig’s ability to fight off infection
- Known as blue ears
PRRS = porcine respiratory and reproductive disease
PRRS = porcine respiratory and reproductive disease - ear tip + snout necrosis
Rectal prolapse
Erysipelas - skin diamonds
Erysipelas (Erysipeloxthrix rhusiopathiae) - endocarditis- gritty lesions at edge of heart valve
Systemic Erysipelas (Erysipeloxthrix rhusiopathiae)
Greasy pig - Staph hyicus
Greasy pig - Staph hyicus
Ascarids - milk spot, lesions in liver
Ascarids
Scrotal hernia
Umbilical hernia
Kyphosis
APP- actinobacillus pleuropneumonia
Ringworm - muddy football kicked
Mange - thickened skin, Dx = skin scrape/biopsy
- Mulberry heart disease
- Enlarged heart w/ excess pericardial fluid
- Enlarged liver
- Fibrin tags in abdo
Osteochondrosis - erosion of articular cartilage
Stance seen w/ osteochondrosis
Mastitis - post-weaning
Vices in breeding sows – vulval biting
Vulva biting
- Mange - Sarcoptes scabei var suis
- White crusts in ear
Mange - Sarcoptes scabei var suis
Lice – Haematopinus suis
Vaginal/cervical prolapse
Uterine (+ rectal) prolapse
Rectal prolapse
Gastric torsion
Gastric torsion - combined w/ splenic torsion
Clostridium novyi (oedematiens)
- Clostridium novyi (oedematiens)
- PME - freshly dead sow
Cystitis + pyelonephritis - H+ on bladder wall
Stomach ulcers
Stomach ulcers
Enzootic pneumonia (EP) - Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
Rickets - bandy legs
- Extensive epicardial haemorrhages, chiefly on the right atrium and right ventricular free wall
- Pale streaks and patches of epicardial necrosis that extend into the myocardium
- Straw-colored pleural fluid and hydropericardium that clots on exposure to air
- Pericardium is oedematous and opaque; +/- myocardial necrosis
- Mulberry heart disease
- Extensive interstitial H+ of heart
- Necrotic cardiomyocytes
- Dystrophic mineralisation (arrow) - myofiber loss, loss of cross striations - replaced by cellular debris, fibrin + infiltrates of macrophages
- Multifocal vascular necrosis
- Mulberry heart disease