Swine Diseases (PPT ni doc) Flashcards
Is a condition that can occur in sows and gilts within 72 hours after farrowing
Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia Syndrome
Apparent when piglets go from teat to teat when the sow
finally permits them to nurse.
Agatactia
Lack of good nutrition
Mycotoxin
Loss of apetite and general lethargy
Pyrexia
First indication of MMA
weak appearance of the pigs
A common cause of death in neonatal piglets. Glycogen reserves are soon depleted if pigletsbecome chilled or fail to ingest an adequate amount of milk.
hypoglycemia
Is caused by breaks in bones (especially in the pelvic area) weakened by poor mineral or vitamin nutrition. These breaks and lamenesses often occur after weaning but may happen in the farrowing house
Downer sow
Infectious diarrhea in piglet is/are attributed to what bacterial organism?
Escherichia coli
The type of diarrhea is
characterized by yellowish, very
fluid, foul smelling smelling stool. It
affects animals from 1 day old up to one week after weaning.
Infectious diarrhea
Streptococcal arthritis causative agent
Stretococcus suis
can cause acute and chronic arthritis in one to three
week old piglets.
Streptococcal arthritis
found commonly in the nasal cavity of swine and is frequently a secondary invader following pneumonia.
Mycoplasma hyorhinis
Is found commonly in the nasal cavity of swine and is frequently a secondary invader following pneumonia.
Mycoplasma hyorhinis
Causative agent of tetanus
Clostridium tetani
The bacteria are found in soil and can survive there for many years. Swine of all ages maybe affected by tetanus . The majority of all cases however, involve young pigs which may have contracted the disease through castration wound or umbilical infection.
Tetanus