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VET 115 Week 7
Porcines
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the causative agent of Erysipelas? | Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae |
| What is Erysipelas also known as? | Diamond Skin Disease |
| What percent of swine carry and shed Erysipelas? | 50% |
| Where does Eryispelas localize? | Skin, Heart, and Joints |
| What is Pseudorabies also known as? | Mad itch, Aujeszky's disease |
| Cattle, Horses, dogs, cats, rats, mice, sheep are affected but are dead end hosts. | PRV (Pseudorabies) |
| Viral infection, prevalent in US swine herds; can affect respiratory and reproductive systems | PRRS |
| What is the causative agent of Hog Cholera? | Flaviviridae |
| What is Hog Cholera also known as? | Classic Swine Fever |
| T/F: The US has no reported cases of Hog Cholera | True |
| What is the primary cause of diarrhea in piglets who are less than 5 days old? | Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) |
| Viral pathogen also known as coronavirus | Transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) |
| The acute form of TGE is usually seen in _______. | Winter |
| The chronic form of TGE is also know as _______ form. | Enzoonotic |
| Viral disease similar to enzootic TGE but less sever, has the same treatment as TGE | Rotavirus |
| Coccidia | Isospora suis |
| Swine Dysentery | Brachyspira hyodysenterria |
| Salmonellosis | salmonella choleraesuis |
| What is Proliferative enteropathy also known as? | Porcine proliferative enteritis, "garden hose gut" |
| Proliferative enteropathy | Lawsonia intracellularis |
| Trichuria suis | Whipworm |
| Coronavirus, New to the US, 1-4dys for symptoms to appear, morbidity up to 100% | Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus |
| Atrophic Rhinitis | Bordetella bronchiseptica & pastuerella multocida |
| Mycoplasma pneumonia | Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae |
| Pleuropneumonia | Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae |
| Pasteurella pneumonia | Pasteurella multocida |
| Malignant hyperthermia (MH) or Pale soft exudative pork (PSE), Caused by single autosomal recessive gene | Porcine Stress Syndrome (PSS) |
| Brucellosis | Brucella suis |
| Occurs in SI of many hosts including swine, Larvae end up in blood stream and then into muscles, larvae encyst in muscle, passed through raw/undercooked pork | Trichinella spiralis |
| Bladder worm of Taenia solium, "pork measles" | Cysticercus cellulosae |