Swine Viruses Flashcards
virus family of Hog Cholera
- flavivridae
hog cholera also known as
- classical swine fever
hog cholera affects swine of what age group and what is its morbidity and mortality
- all ages
- high morbidity and mortality
T/F: Hog Cholera occurs in the US
- false - was eradicated
T/F: severe leukopenia is always present with Hog Cholera
- true
swine infected with Hog Cholera how does their skin change
- hyperemia and purpura of abdomen and ears
T/F: young swine may die preacutley but they always show clinical signs before
- false - they show no clinical signs
effect of Hog Cholera on pregnant Sows (4)
- reabsorption
- abortion
- fetal mummification
- still births
what disease of hog cholera is associated with extended or intermittent clinical disease
- subacute and chronic
most common route of entry for Hog Cholera
- ingestion
how does hog cholera create profound leukopenia and thrombocytopenia
- 2nd replication in endothelial cells, lymphoid organs, bone marrow -> hemorrhages
pathognomonic lesion of Hog Cholera
- infarction of spleen
most prominent lesion of Hog Cholera
- general exhaustion of lymphoid system -> white cells are completely gone
what happens to pigs that are live born from a dam infected with Hog Cholera
- are persistently infected
- immunologically tolerant
- life-long virus shedders
T/F: Hog Cholera is not notifiable
- false - it should be notified
how is hog cholera transmitted
- direct or indirect contact - avoid fomites
virus family of African Swine Fever (ASF)
- asfaviridae
T/F: ASF needs it envelop to infect
- false
which virus causes paracrystalline arrays in the cytoplasm of infected cells
- African Swine Fever
what is the reservoir and vector of African Swine Fever
- soft ticks
what are the 2 epidemiology of African Swine Fever
- in warthog
- in domestic swine
T/F: severe leukopenia is a clinical sign of African Swine Fever
- true
mortality rate of African Swine Fever
- can be high in naive populations
where are gross lesions of African Swine Fever located
- lymphatic and vascular systems
what clinical sign of African Swine Fever is also seen in Hog Cholera
- enlarged friable spleen
- petecchia in cortex of kidneys
T/F: swine that survive African Swine Fever are free of disease
- false - are persistently infected
T/F: there is a vaccination for African Swine Fever
- false - hard to make because it does not need its envelope so it avoids producing neutralizing antibodies
viral family of pseudorabies
- herpesviridae
T/F: pseudorabies does not exist in the wild pig population
- false - it does in the southern states
pregnant sow infected with pseudorabies before day 30
- resorption
pregnant sow infected with pseudorabies after day 30
- abortion