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Swine Diseases Flashcards

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What is responsible for orange-yellow diarrhea in young piglets?

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Clostridium difficile enterotoxemia

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What are the gross findings of Clostridium difficile enterotoxemia?

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  • mesocolonic edema

- colon filled with creamy diarrhea

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How is Clostridium difficile enterotoxemia diagnosed?

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presence confirmed by ELISA on fresh feces

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How is Clostridium difficile enterotoxemia treated?

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  • Virginiamycin in sows before and after farrowing

- Tylosin in piglets

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How is Clostridium perfringens type A enterotoxemia treated?

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  • Bacitracin in sows and piglets
  • Salinomycin
  • Vaccination
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Which organisms affect piglets 2-10 days of age?

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Clostridium difficile and perfringens type A

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What age group is usually affected by enteric coliobacillosis (E. coli)?

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neonates 1 day old to pigs 2-4 weeks post-weaning

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What are the virulence factors associated with E. coli enteric coliobacillosis?

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  • Fimbriae
  • Enterotoxins
  • Endotoxins
  • Capsules
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What can cause subnormal body temp, shivering, watery diarrhea, vomiting, and fibrinous polyserositis?

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E. coli enteric coliobacillosis

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How is E. coli enteric coliobacillosis diagnosed?

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  • culture of small intestine

- PCR

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How is E. coli enteric coliobacillosis treated?

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oral or parenteral antimicrobials

- Ampicillin, Gentamycin, Neomycin, Furizolidone, Sulfur drugs

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Which organism is responsible for Edema disease?

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E. coli

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Which age group is commonly affected by Edema disease?

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recently weaned pigs

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What are the clinical signs associated with Edema disease?

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  • anorexia, stupor, ataxia, and recumbency
  • paddling and running movements
  • abnormal squeal when handled
  • edema at certain sites
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Which age group is usually affected by Isospora suis?

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1-3 week old, nursing piglets

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Which organism causes yellow-clear watery diarrhea, dehydration, rough hair coat, and failure to gain weight?

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Isospora suis

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What is the treatment for Isospora suis?

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Toltrazuril

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Which age group is commonly affected by Rotaviral enteritis?

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1-6 week old piglets

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What are the clinical signs associated with Rotaviral enteritis?

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  • diarrhea

- occasional vomiting

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How is rotaviral enteritis diagnosed?

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  • identified in feces by EM or ELISA

- identified in small intestinal epithelium but FAT or IHC

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What are the clinical signs associated with the acute form of TGE?

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  • vomiting and high mortality in pigs < 3 weeks
  • bright yellow feces in older piglets
  • marked diarrhea in feeder age pigs
  • sows may show vomiting, depression, and refusal to nurse
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How is TGE diagnosed?

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  • FAT or IHC on intestine

- PCR on feces

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What age group is commonly affected by Streptococcus suis?

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nursing or recently weaned pigs

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What infection is characterized by septicemia, acute meningitis, polyarthritis, polyserositis, or bronchopneumonia?

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Strept suis

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How is Streptococcus suis transmitted?

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  • ingestion, inhalation, or nose-to-nose contact

- normally in tonsils of pigs

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What are the clinical signs associated with Streptococcus suis?

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young piglets - CNS signs, polyarthritis

older piglets - ataxia, opisthotonus, incoordination, tremors, convulsions, blindness, and deafness

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How is Streptococcus suis diagnosed?

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sample spinal fluid

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How is Streptococcus suis treated?

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  • injectable antibiotics

- water and in-feed antibiotics

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What disease is characterized by raised, reddened, ring-shaped lesions on the ventral abdomen?

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Pityriasis rosea

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What disease is characterized by absence of discrete areas of the skin?

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Epitheliogenesis imperfecta

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31
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Which age group is most commonly affected by Erysipelas?

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growing or adult swine

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32
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How is Erysipelas transmitted?

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  • carriers transmit in feces and oronasal secretions
  • infected animals shed into water, feed, and soil
  • infection through ingestion and skin wounds
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What are the clinical signs associated with Erysipelas?

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  • fever, cyanotic skin
  • discrete, raised, red-purple areas of skin
  • swollen, painful joints
  • abortion and vulvar lesions
34
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How is Erysipelas treated?

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Penicillin or antiserum

35
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What organism causes greasy pig disease?

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Staphylococcus hyicus

36
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What age group is most commonly affected by greasy pig disease?

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pigs less than 8 weeks old

37
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Which disease causes brown spots on the skin, covered by serum and exudate?

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Greasy Pig Disease

- Staph hyicus

38
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What organism causes swine dysentery?

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Brachyspira hyodysenteriae

39
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What organism causes spirochetal colitis?

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Brachyspira pilosicolo

40
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How is swine dysentery and spirochetal colitis transmitted?

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  • Ingestion of infected feces

- Shed by mice and dogs

41
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Which disease causes mucoid gray-yellow diarrhea that becomes hemorrhagic, and a hunched, gaunt appearance?

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swine dysentery and spirochetal colitis

42
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How is swine dysentery and spirochetal colitis diagnosed?

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culture from rectal swabs or colonic scrapings

43
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Most outbreaks of Salmonellosis in swine are due to which organisms?

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S. cholerasuis and S. typhimurium

44
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How is Salmonellosis transmitted?

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  • fecal-oral, contaminated feed and water, and aerosols

- Shed in feces

45
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What are the clinical signs associated with S. cholerasuis infection?

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  • acute death
  • inappetence, depression, huddling, weakness, fever
  • cyanosis of skin on extremities
46
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What are the clinical signs associated with S. typhimurium infection?

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  • moderate anorexia and watery yellow diarrhea
  • diarrhea may progress to mucus, fibrin, or blood
  • surviving animals gain weight slowly
47
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How is Salmonellosis treated?

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Gentamycin, Neomycin, Tiamulin, Ceftiofur

48
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Which organism causes Porcine Proliferative Enteritis?

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Lawsonia intracellularis

49
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Which disease is characterized by hyperplasia of crypt enterocytes?

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Porcine Proliferative Enteritis

50
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How is porcine proliferative enteritis transmitted?

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  • Carrer swine transmit via feces

- Carrer dams to litter

51
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Which disease causes diarrhea with brown-black unclotted blood, pallor, weakness, and rapid death?

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Porcine proliferative enteritis

- Lawsonia

52
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How is porcine proliferative enteritis treated?

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Tylosin, Tetracyclines, Lincomycin, Tiamulin, Carbadox

53
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Which organism secreted 4 exotoxins?

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Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia

54
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How is Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia transmitted?

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  • direct contact via nasal secretions

- aerosol

55
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What are the clinical signs associated with Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia?

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  • sudden onset of prostration, high temp, anorexia, stiffness, vomiting/diarrhea
  • shallow, non-productive cough
  • cyanosis and abortion
56
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How is Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia diagnosed?

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  • Isolation an identification
  • PCR of toxins
  • ELISA
57
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What organisms cause Atrophic rhinitis?

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  • Bordetella bronchiseptica

- Pasteurella multocida

58
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How is atrophic rhinitis transmitted?

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  • introduced by inapparent carriers

- infect piglets can transmit

59
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What are the clinical signs associated with atrophic rhinitis?

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  • sneezing, snorting, or nasal discharge
  • “dirty” hair below canthus
  • nose bleeds, growth retardation, deviation of snout
60
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What organism causes Glasser’s disease?

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Hemophilus parasuis

61
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What are the clinical signs associated with Hemophilus parasuis?

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  • sudden death
  • CNS: tremors, incoordination, posterior paralysis
  • swollen joints, arthritis
62
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How is mycoplasma pneumonia transmitted?

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  • carriers are source of infection

- nose-to-nose contact and coughing

63
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What are the clinical signs associated with mycoplasma pneumonia?

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  • chronic, persistent, non-productive cough

- dyspnea, growth retardation, and reduced feeding efficiency

64
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How is mycoplasma pneumonia treated?

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antibiotics in water or feed

65
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What are the common sites of osteochondrosis?

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  • Medial femoral condyle
  • Humoral condyle and head
  • Glenoid of scapula
  • Distal ulna
  • Lumbar vertebrae
66
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What is the mostly likely cause in pigs that are “dog sitting,” raising their noses upwards, and falling on their sides in spasms?

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Salt poisoning

67
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What are the clinical signs associated with gastric ulcers?

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  • black tarry feces
  • anemia
  • pallor
  • anorexia, teeth grinding, unthriftiness
68
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How are gastric ulcers treated?

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vitamin K and hematinics

69
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What causes post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome?

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Porcine circovirus 2

70
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Which disease is associated with porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome?

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Porcine circovirus 2

71
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What are the clinical signs associated with porcine circovirus 2 infection?

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  • PMWS: gradual wasting, unthriftiness, rough hair coat, dyspnea, pallor, diarrhea
  • PDNS: red-purple blotches on skin
  • reproductive failure
72
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What causes Classical Swine Fever?

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pestivirus

73
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What are the clinical signs associated with classical swine fever?

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  • high fever
  • huddling, weakness, anorexia
  • conjunctivitis
  • diarrhea
  • cyanosis
  • staggering
  • skin hemorrhages
74
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What are the reservoirs for African Swine Fever?

75
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What are the clinical signs associated with African Swine fever?

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  • high fever
  • anorexia, recumbency
  • erythema, cyanosis
  • bloody diarrhea
  • abortion
76
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What is the cause of Porcine Epidemic diarrhea?

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coronavirus

77
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What is the cause of piglets born weak or dead, devoid of hair, and with mucinous edema?

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iodine deficiency

78
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What is the cause of parakeratosis?

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zinc deficiency of excessive Ca intake

79
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How is Rickets usually caused?

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deficiency of vitamin D or phosphorous

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