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Porcine Parvovirus
- Cause: Virus
- Signs: Encephalitis
- -Abortions/ Still birth/ Mummified Feti
- Prevention-Vaccination
- -Keep a closed herd
Pseudorabies
(Aujezky’s Disease or “maditch”)
- Cause: Virus
- Signs: Encephalitis/ Abortions/
- Still birth/ mummified feti
- Prevention: Test & Cull
- –Most states do not allow the
- vaccine
- –Once a pig is vaccinated it will
- test positive
- –Cattle/ Sheep/ Dogs can acquire
- this from pigs
Colibacillosis
- Cause: E. Coli (many varieties)
- Signs: Dehydration
- –Severe yellow diarrhea in piglets
- 2-14 days old
- Prevention: Vax
- sows before farrowing
- –Oral vax for piglets gives local GI
- immunity
- –“Autogenous”
- vaccine is produced from exact variety of E. Coli found on farm
Rota Virus
- Cause: Virus
- Signs: Diarrhea in nursing pigs
- Prevention: Vaccinate sows
Corona Virus
- Cause: Virus
- Signs: Diarrhea in nursing pigs
- Prevention: Vaccinate sows
Swine Dysentery
- Cause: Treponema Hyodysentariae (spirochete)
- Signs: Bloody diarrhea in pigs 3-4 mos
- old
- Prevention: Vaccinate Juvenile pigs
Atrophic Rhinitis
- Cause: Bordatella Bronchiseptica
- Signs: Destruction of nasal turbinates
- –Predisposition to pneumonia
- Prevention: Vaccination
Erysipelas
(Diamond Back Disease)
- Cause: Erysipelothrix
- Signs: Arthritis/ Diamond shaped
- skin rash
- Prevention: Vaccine
Salt Toxicity
(Water deprivation)
- Cause: No water for 48+ hours
- Signs: Circling/ Pruitis/ Blindnes/ Paddling
- Prevention: Free access to water
PRRS
(Porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome)
- Cause: Virus
- Signs: Invades macrophages of lungs
- –Will suppress immune defenses
- –Resp
- signs/ abortion/ Early farrowing
- Prevention: Vaccine

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Porcine Diseases

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everything porcine

Updated

2011-08-29T16:57:22Z

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