Unit 3 - Swine Dysentery to Arthritis Flashcards
What is the etiologic agent of swine dysentery?
Bracyspira hyodysenteriae + other Brachyspira species
During what season is swine dysentery common?
late summer or fall
What factor is a compounding factor in the development of swine dysentery?
Stress
What the incubation period for swine dysentery?
10 to 14 days
How is swine dysentery shed?
From the intestinal tract
T/F: B. hyodysenteriae is a hardy bacteria that can survive for long periods of time in lagoon water, soil, feces, and intestinal tracts of mice and dogs,
True
What is the most consistent clinical sign associated with swine dysentery?
Diarrhea
Describe the diarrhea assoociated with swine dysentery.
The initial diarrhea is characterized by a large
amount of mucus often containing flecks of blood. As the disease progresses, watery stools containing blood, mucus, and shreds of fibrinous exudate are seen.
Prolonged diarrhea in pigs with swine dysentery results in what?
dehydration and eventual emaciation
T/F: Swine dysentery appears cyclical with clinical signs disappearing and then reappearing at 3-4 weak intervals.
True
What clinical signs are associated with peracute swine dysentery?
Sudden death
T/F: The causative agents of swine dysentery invade beyond the lamina propria.
False
Fluid loss associated with swine dysentery appears to be the result of what?
result of a failure of the colonic mucosa to reabsorb endogenous secretions because of a failure to actively transport
sodium and chlorine from the lumen to the blood.
Where do lesions associated with swine dysentery localize?
The large intestine
How is swine dysentery diagnosed?
Clinical signs and post-mortem lesions in the colon are suggestive
Direct exams of colonic mucosal scrapings
Bacterial culture - best
PCR
What ddx should be considered with swine dysentery?
Salmonellosis, intestinal adenomatosis, and trichuriasis
How is swine dysentery prevented?
Isolation of the herd and rigid sanitation
Quarantine of new stock
Depopulate in warm weather and repopulate with SPF swine (extreme measure)
Medicate sows with Denegard, increase sanitation, and early weaning
Sanitation, prevention of stress
Aggressive rodent control programs
What drugs are approved for treatment of swine dysentery?
Tiamulin (Denegard) and Mecadox
As per the usual, medicate early
What does Brachyspira pilosicoli cause?
porcine intestinal spirochetosis or spirochetal colitis (PIS) and human
intestinal spirochetosis
B. pilosicoli is referred to as what (related to hemolytic status)?
Weakly beta-hemolytic intestinal spirochete
What does B. pilosicoli do (MOA) in swine?
It attaches in large numbers to the colonic epithelium b one end of the bacterial cell
What clinical signs are associated with B. polosicoli infection in swine?
Weight loss, poor growth rate, and diarrhea with occasional flecks of blood.
What are the more common Salmonella species to cause salmonellosis in swine?
Serovar 1, 4, {5}, 12:i- and S. typhimurium
What is the most important source of Salmonella in cases of salmonellosis?
Infected, shedding pigs
Salmonellosis is most common in what population of pigs?
Weaned pigs less than 4 months old
What clinical signs are associated with salmonellosis?
Septicemia Sudden death High fever - 105-108 F Low mortality Enterocolitis Pneumonia Meningoencephalitis
What gross lesions are associated with salmonellosis?
Cyanosis of ears, feet, tail, and ventral abdominal skin
Splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and swollen, hemorrhagic LN (especially mesenteric)
How is salmonellosis diagnosed?
Culture, fecal cultures, and histopath
How is salmonellosis treated?
Separate affected animals
Abx
+/- Antiinflammatories
How is salmonellosis prevented?
Management - prevent crowding, sanitation
Immunization
Abx - not a long term solution
What clinical signs are associated with enteric salmonellosis?
Watery, yellow diarrhea, initially without blood or mucus. May last 3-7
days and recur 2 or 3 times. Blood may appear in the feces but not in profuse amounts as
is seen in swine dysentery.
What lesions are associated with enteric salmonellosis?
Diffuse ulceration and less commonly button ulcers in the small intestine and colon
Mesenteric lymphadenitis
+/-Rectal strictures
What does Salmonella Typhisuis cause?
Causes a relatively specific chronic disease syndrome with necrotic colitis, caseous
lymphadenitis, and bronchopneumonia.
What Salmonella species have been described as causes of meningitis in suckling pigs?
Salmonella dublin and Salmonella enteritidis
What is the etiologic agent of porcine proliferative enteropathies?
Lawsonia intracellularis
How is L. intracellularis spread?
Fecal-oral
What are the porcine proliferative enteropathies?
Porcine intestinal adenomatosis (PIA) Regional ileus (RI) Necrotic enteritis (NE) Proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy (PHE)
When does PIA most commonly occur?
Occurs most commonly in the 6 to 20 week age range but some feel it occurs most commonly in the grow-finish stage.
What clinical signs are associated with PIA?
It varies
In some cases they are very slight and the swine are not considered to have a problem
In other cases, the disease may result in a marked dullness, apathy, and anorexia
There may be little or no diarrhea