Swine Respiratory Diseases Flashcards
when do pigs start to cough after weaning with PRRS?
7-14 days
5-10%
in what weather does porcine respiratory and reproductive virus survive well?
cold weather
how can you treat PRRS?
isolate secondary bacteria and provide appropriate antibiotic therapy
anti-inflammatories
good husbandry
what does atrophic rhinitis look like?
piglets sneezing while suckling
worse after weaning
coughing
growth rate is severely slowed
deformed snout
what causes atrophic rhinitis?
toxigenic Pasteurella multocida type D
what does the toxin of Pasteurella multocida type D do?
activates osteoclasts and increases bone reabsorption throughout body
who does swine influenza affect?
all ages: suckling to adult
how does influenza affect the lungs?
lobular or patchy consolidation
not diffuse
when do most pigs start to cough with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae?
12-16 weeks
what pneumonia does Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae cause?
cranioventral pneumonia
who does Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae impact?
10-12 weeks of age or older
stressful event or overcrowding
does Ascaris suum respond to antibiotics?
no
