Urinary Disease - Swine

Question 1

what is uncommon in pigs but may be a result of classical swine fever, african swine fever, cytomegalovirus, circovirus and group A streptococcus

Answer 1

glomerulonephritis

Question 2

ingestion of what plant can cause methemoglobinemia and acute tubular necrosis leading to death

Answer 2

pigweed

Question 3

what virus can cause viral interstitial nephritis

Answer 3

circovirus

Question 4

what does circovirus cause

Answer 4

postweaing multisystemic wasting syndrome

Question 5

what kind of lesions are created from viral interstitial nephritis

Answer 5

lymphoplasmacytic to granulomatous interstitial nephritis

Question 6

what is the most common cause of embolic nephritis in pigs

Answer 6

erysipelothrix

Question 7

what are the gross lesions of erysipelothrix in the kidney

Answer 7

petechial hemorrhages caused by septic emboli throughout the cortex

Question 8

what strongylid nematode migrates to the kidney after migration through the liver

Answer 8

stephanurus dentatus