PQS - Swine paratyphoid ✅ Flashcards

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Yellow, watery diarrhoea is a clinical sign of swine paratyphoid

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Salmonella Typhimurium can cause swine paratyphoid

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S. Typhimurium is found in the environment or other animals, S. Choleraesuis infects from pig to pig

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Swine paratyphoid is mainly seen in suckling piglets

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Seen in 2-5 month old animals, but with severe predisposing factors it is also seen in older animals

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Fever is a common clinical sign of swine paratyphoid.

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Focal inflammation and necrosis are a common postmortem lesions of fowl paratyphoid

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Swine paratyphoid is an acute disease

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Acute, generalised disease

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Classical swine fever can predispose animals to swine paratyphoid

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8
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Antibiotic treatment isn’t allowed in the case of swine paratyphoid

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We treat the septicaemia with Antibiotics

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inflammation of the small intestine is a postmortem lesion of swine paratyphoid

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Gastroenteritis

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Swine paratyphoid is caused by obligate pathogenic bacteria

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facultative pathogenic

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11
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swine paratyphoid has been eradicated from Europe

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Found worldwide

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swine paratyphoid is most frequently seen in pigs between 2 and 5 months of age

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but with severe predisposing factors it is also seen in older animals

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13
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There is septicaemia in the case of swine parathyphoid

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14
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Cyanosis is a clinical sign of swine paratyphoid

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15
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Salmonella Choleraesuis can cause swine paratyphoid

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16
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Swine paratyphoid generally occurs in all age groups

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2-5 months of age, with severe predisposing factors older animals can be infected

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High fever is a typical sign of swine paratyphoid

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18
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There are vaccines against swine paratyphoid on the market

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BUT: not widely used, they cannot give a complete protection !!

19
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Only Salmonella Typhimurium can cause swine paratyphoid

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S. Cholerasuis is the main causative agent

20
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Swine paratyphoid is an acute generalized disease.

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T

21
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Antibiotics are not used for the treatment of swine paratyphoid.

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F

22
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Salmonella choleraesuis and S. typhimurium can cause swine paratyphoid

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23
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Swine paratyphoid is most frequent in suckling piglets.

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most frequently in 2–5-month-old animals

24
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There is no use of antibiotic treatment in the case of swine paratyphoid

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We use antibiotics for the treatment of speticaemia

25
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Salmonella Choleraesuis is the only agent of swine paratyphoid

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F

26
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Salmonella Choleraesuis is an obligate pathogenic bacterium.

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F

Facultative pathongeic

27
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In case of paratyphoid, the pigs on the farm must be culled/eradicated

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28
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Swine paratyphoid typically occurs in neonatal piglets, in the first week of life

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F

29
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Swine paratyphoid is a sporadic rare disease

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F

30
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Swine paratyphoid occurs in piglets between 2-5 weeks of age

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F

31
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Swine paratyphoid is caused by S. typhisuis

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F

32
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In the case of swine paratyphoid, enteritis can be seen in the small intestines

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33
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Hyperemic enlargement of the spleen is typical in the case of swine paratyphoid

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F

Hyperplasic spleen can be seen

34
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Swine paratyphoid most often occurs in 2-5 months old piglet

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35
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Inactivated vaccines can be used in the prevention of swine paratyphoid

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But they do not give a complete protection

36
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Cyanosis can be seen in swine paratyphoid

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37
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In swine paratyphoid lesions are seen in SI and LI

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Sometimes ulcers can be seen in the large intestines, which can be mixed with the swine typhoid

38
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In case of swine paratyphoid, it is easy to diagnose in the faeces

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F

39
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Cyanosis of lower parts of the body can be seen in swine paratyphoid.

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