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What type of anaemia do piglets get without supplementation

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microcytic hypochromic anaemia

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Clinical signs of iron deficiency anaemia in pigs

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pale, weak, hairy, slow growing pigs + dyspnoea, lethargy, palpable thrill heart murmur and progression to death

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How much iron per day do piglets need and what is supplied in the milk

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Need 15mg/day
ONly get 1mg/day in milk

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What is the aetiology of vitamin E/Se deficiency in pigs

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Mulberry heart disease
Oxygen free radical damage; may be due to absolute VitE/Se deficiency or relative due to high oxidised fat in diets or high iron

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Clinical signs of vit E/Se deficiency

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sudden death, pigs in acute cardiogenic shock; often in fastest growing pigs as more demand for O2 in tissues

PAthology: may show hepatic rupture, bloody fluid in pericardium, fibrin

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What things can cause bleeding due to poor clotting

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Insufficiency vitamin K
Warfarin poisoning
anticoagulants in bedding
Vit C deficiency may be implicated

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CLinical signs of warfarin poisoning

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weakness, pallor, recumbency, haematoma, death
+ history of access to rodenticides

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Clinical signs of neonates with vitamin K deficiency

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weakness, pallor, death, bleeding from umbilicus

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How can we avoid risk of VitK deficiency and umbilical bleeding affecting piglets

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Supplement sows with VitK/C on entrance to farrowing house
If there is a history of the issue can clamp cords

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Two main primary bacteria causing endocarditis

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Strep suis

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How does endocarditis work; pathology

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Bacteria colonise AV valve and develop vegetative lesions causing dysfunctin
Leads to intermittent bacteraemia which can cause pyaemia and food safety issues

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Typical secondary bacteria involves in endocarditis (in the UK)

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T pyogenes

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3 forms of erysipelas

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Per-acute = found dead with end-stage sudden septicaemia
Acute = high fever, diamond lesions; either die from septicaemia or progress to chronic signs
Chronic = congestive heart failure from endocarditis, lameness due to arthritis

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Treatment of erysipelas

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Penicillin + NSAIDs
Worse prognosis for chronic disease

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Haemolytic anamia of neonatal pigs aetioloty

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Antibodies in sow colostrum against piglet RBC antigens cause RBC destruction
–> Generally in multiparous sows repeatedly bred to same boar

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Clinical signs of haemolytic anaemic of neonates

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anaemia, weakness, jaundice esp in bigger piglets at ~3 days old

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Diagnosis of haemolytic anaemia of neonatal pigs

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normocytic, normochromic anaemia with increased reticulocytes, increased bilirubin
+ positive Coombs test

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Dealing with haemolyic anaemic of neonates

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Cross-foster piglets
May do intra-peritoneal blood transfusion into very affected pigs
- Assess sow or boar effect and breed away from this

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What is thrombocytopaenic purpura

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Where sow colostrum contains antibodies against pig platelets and megakaryocytes so get petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages, melaena, pallor

Best piglets develop it first

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Diagnosis of thrombocytopaenic purpura in piglets

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anaemia with increased reticulocytes and absence of platelets, bone marrow histology shows absence of megakaryocytes

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Which sows do we tend to cross foster piglets suffering thrombocytopaenic purpura onto

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Low parity sows; because this is a high parity sow effect as it takes time to develop antibodies against these antigens

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What type of disease is procine dermatitis nephropathy syndrome

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= immune-complex-mediated necrotising vasculitis
 Type III hypersensitivity

Associated with PCV2 related immune dysfunction

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Clinical signs of porcine dermatitis nephropathy syndrome

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Necrotic skin lesions in inguinal region, flanks, legs =ventrocaudal skin lesinos
Fever
Reluctance to stand
= sporadic cases in finisher pigs

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What are we differentiation procine dermatitis nephropathy syndrome from (notifiable)

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Classical swine fever

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What causes lymphosarcoma in pigs
May be viral Tends to be random i.e no boar or sow effect
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What causes mycotoxicosis
Toxins produced by fungi growing on cereals or feed e.g aspergillus makes aflatoxin, fusarium, penicillium
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Clinical signs of mycotoxicosis | + which do what
Damage to liver, immune system, some system specific effects Low feed conversino Zearaone = oestrogenic Ergotamine = vasoconstrictive; get extrimity ischaemia
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When do we tend to see cases of clostridium novyi infection
In older sows after farrowing due to not moving much which can generate hypoxia in the liver May be seen in fatteners with chronic respiratory disease
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Which clostridia cause issues in the liver
C novyi A and B Spores and ubiquitous; and are ingested Then sit in the liver and gut and activate after hypoxic challenge
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Clinical signs and lesions with clostridium novyi infection
Found dead often Aero liver that crackes with air, rapid autolysis of caracase, serofibrinous fluid in cavities
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Which leptospira serovars cause disease in the UK
L Bratislava, L Canicola, L Icterohaemorrhagiae
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Aetoilogy of leptospirosis in pigs
Exposure is from urine of infected pigs/rodents/dogs etc - Entry via MMs, abrasians or venerally - Initially get a septicaemia which seeds into kidney for long term infection
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How does subclinical leptospirosis present
REproductive disease; 3rd trimester abortions, low viability
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How does acute infection with leptospirosis present
ever and lethargy, diarrhoea, haemoglobinuria, jaundice, neuro signs and death
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Treatment of leptospirosis; individuals vs group
Individiuals: dihydrostreptomycin Group: tetracyclines Vaccination
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4 primary presentations of porcine circoviral disease and which is most common
Systemic disease = MOST COMMON Dermatitis nephropathy syndrome Reproductive disease Enteric disaese
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How can PCV2 be important in PRDC
= secondary or underlying agent in this due to immune dysregulation driving disease --> Coughing, dyspnoea, lethargy, reduced growth
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Signs of PCV2 systemic disease
* Post-weaning mortality, wasting, enlarged LNs, anaemia, enteritis, hepatitis, pulmonary change
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Signs of PCV2 dermatitis nephropathy syndrome
* Ventrocaudal skin lesions; low morbidity, type III hypersensitivity dermonecrosis, generalised lymphadenopathy and oedema in severe cases
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Diagnosis and signs of PCV systemic disease (also known as PMWS)
Increased herd post-weaning mortality Rapid weight loss in 10-20 week pigs, dyspnoea, pallor, jaundice, large LNs Emaciation Histopath: lymphocyte depletion in lymphoid tissue and histiocytic infiltrate - Macrophaegs show high levels of PCV2 antigen
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What is the main risk factor for PCV2
Failure to vaccinate
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Rules on movement of pigs
PIgs must be identified when moved if >12 months; slap mark, tag, tattoo - If <12 months and NOT going to slaughter can use temporary spray mark No movement off a farm for 20 days after arrival unless going to slaughter
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Notifiable bacterial disease in pigs present in the UK
Anthrax Bovine TB
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What is the more common cause of tuberculosis in pigs
M avium (very rare to be M bovis)
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Clinical signs of TB in pigs
- ABscessation of guts, pharngeal LNs enlarged with yellow caseous material, miliary infection and emaciation
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How can we diagnose TB in a pig
Acid fast stain on impression smear; culture, PCR
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How does anthrax present in pigs
With pharygeal swelling > Clinical signs = pharyngeal - swelling, skin necrsis, stertor, fever, death + gut related: fever, inappretance, bloody faeces + septicaemic; congestion, kidney petechiation, splenic infarcts
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What epidemiological factor is anthrax in pigs assocaited with
Swill feeding
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What governs dealing with anthrax
Anthrax control order 1991
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What bacteria causes anthrax and what type is it
toxigenic spore forming gram -ve bacillus anthracis
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What type of pathogen causes classical swine fever
Enveloped RNA pestivirus (flavivirus) Stable in environment for weeks, frozen for years
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Clinical signs of classical swine fever
Fever, high mortality, characteristic haemorrhagic lesions Related to attach of endothelial cells; vasculitis - High fever, inappetance, dpression, constipation, skin erythema, neuro signs, diarrhoea etc
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What does chronic classic swine fever presentation look like
Wasting, congenital tremor, poor reproductive performance
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Pathological lesions in classical swine fever
HAemorrhagic lymphadenomathy; strawberry lymph nodes Viral vasculitis means petechiaion/ecchymosis in skin/kidney, splenic infarcts, button ulcers in GI mucosa Cerebellar hypoplasia = cause of congenital tremor
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Control policy for classical swine fever
 Slaughter of all affected and in contact pigs; disposal, cleaning and disinfection, resting, sentinel repopulation i) 3km exclusion zone: no movements; welfare culling, aggressive culling ii) 10km surveillance zone: testing, can go to slaughter only
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IS African swine fever present in the UK
NO But probably will come at some time
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What type of virus causes african swine fever
DNA iridocirus (asfarviridae) Highly resistance Naturally cycles between warthogs and ticks
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HOw does African swine fever virus work
Infection of URT and gut: primary viraemia with infection of endothelium and lymphoid cells  vasculitis and immune complex mediated disease
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Acute signs of African swine fever
hypothermia, anorexia, huddling, incoordination, conjunctivitis, nasal discharge, dyspnoea, coughing, skin discolouration, mortality, abortion Lesions = severe haemorrhage, notable haemorrhagic ulceration of the gut
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What type of virus causes FMD
DNA aphthovirus picornavirus
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Clinical signs of FMD infection
sudden onset widespread lameness and fever in all age groups vesicles on coronary band, snout, gums, tongue
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Which FMD lesions heal fastest vs slowest
Mouth and tongue heal very fast Coronary band take >7 days
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How is FMD diagnosed
PCR detection on vesicle samples
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What is swine vesicular disease
Enterovirus that causes clinical signs similar to FMD
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What would lungs from PCV2 infected animal look like
Non-collapsed oedematous lungs; = viral interstitial pneumonia
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