Swine Disease

Question 1

what is Salt Poisoning

Answer 1

metabolic disease caused by excessive salt and limited water

Question 2

signs of Salt Poisoning

Answer 2

edema in CNS–> ataxia, blindness, depression, recumbency, convulsions, death

Question 3

what is “whey” and how does it cause Salt Poisoning

Answer 3

moisture left over from curdling milk at cheese manufacturers, fed to pigs bc nutrients, high in salt

problem if given w/o water

Question 4

what causes Trichinosis

Answer 4

internal nematode Trichinella spiralis, consumed in larval state , migrates to muscles and encysts

Question 5

signs of Trichinosis

Answer 5

usually none in animals

Question 6

there is a high incidence of Trichinosis in which animal population

Answer 6

bears

Question 7

how to prevent Trichinosis (both in humans and animals)

Answer 7

deworm animals, cook pork thouroughly if eating

Question 8

what is MMA syndrome

what causes it

Answer 8

Mastitis, Metritis, and Agalactia syndrome
metabolic syndrome seen in sows before farrowing, bacterial infection (usu e coli) in mammary gland or uterus
usu due to poor MGMT

Question 9

signs of MMA syndrome

Answer 9

fever, innapetance, agalactia, lethargy in sow, piglets not nursing -> starvation or failure to grow

Question 10

what causes Erysipelas

Answer 10

bacteria Erysipelothrix sp.

found in tonsils of animals, shed in feces

Question 11

signs of Erysipelas

Answer 11

septicemia-> fever, depression, anorexia, skin necrosis

Question 12

Erysipelas is also called

why?

Answer 12

“Diamond skin disease” bc appearance of skin necrosis

Question 13

how to treat erysipelas

prevent?

Answer 13

antibiotics

vaccine

Question 14

what is TGE

Answer 14

Transmissible Gastroenteritis

acute, rapid, viral disease

Question 15

signs of TGE

Answer 15

v/d

Question 16

TGE treatment and prevention

Answer 16

treatment= usu none, high mortality in piglets
prevention= vaccine (not v. protective)

Question 17

what is PEDv

what causes it

Answer 17

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus

cause= corona virus

Question 18

PEDv signs

Answer 18

severe diarrhea, acute death (mortality rate ab 100% in piglets)

Question 19

PEDv prevention

Answer 19

good isolation, no vaccine, biosecurity

Question 20

what causes gastric ulcers in swine

Answer 20

stress, poor mgmt/ diet (high concentrates, acid builds up, low fiber),

Question 21

signs of gastric ulcers

Answer 21

anorexia, poor growth, anemia, melena (blood in feces)

Question 22

define melena

Answer 22

blood in feces

Question 23

cattle are prone to ulcers where

Answer 23

abomasum

Question 24

signs of abomasal ulcers in cattle

Answer 24

similiar to swine ulcers (anemia, melena), abdominal pain (arched back, bruxism)

Question 25

causes of gastric ulcers in horses

Answer 25

stress, excessive use of NSAIDs

Question 26

signs of gastric ulcers in horses

Answer 26

thin, poor growth, low energy, anemia, melena, pain (bruxism, ptyalism, dorsal recumb.)

Question 27

how to treat gastric ulcers

Answer 27

antacids, protein-pump inhibitors

Question 28

why we would care for young fist (like vaccinate) rather than adults

Answer 28

higher risk