ASC44 P2

• Foot and Mouth Disease

  Symptoms: blisters on the lips, tongue, teats or the coronary band of the hoof; can become tame and have excessive salivation
• Foot and Mouth Disease treatment

  Prevent this before it occurs; destroy any animal that is exposed
• Animals exposed to Foot and Mouth Disease are destroyed
• Greasy Pig Disease treatment

  The disease can be treated by a broad-spectrum antibiotic, dressing, and cleaning the affected skins
• Greasy Pig Disease prevention


  Strict biosecurity and proper hygiene of the pig's house can prevent the disease
• Erysipelas


  • Caused by a bacterium, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, that is found on most if not all pig farms
  • Excreted in saliva, feces, and urine, thus, is common in the environment
  • Also found in many other species, including birds, and can survive for long periods in the environment
• Erysipelas affected animals


  The most susceptible animals are growing pigs, non-vaccinated gilts, and young sows
• Erysipelas symptoms in sows

  Fever, abortion, stillbirths, birth of mummified piglets, raised areas in the skin ("diamonds" that turn red and then black, or join stiffness
• Erysipelas symptoms in boars

  High fevers have transient decrease in semen quality and reflected in sows not getting pregnant or having smaller litters
• Erysipelas symptoms in growing pigs

  Acute death, fever, and the characteristic skin lesion
• Swine Brucellosis


  • A contagious, zoonotic bacterial disease of pigs caused by Brucella suis
  • The organism multiplies in the intestine and is localized in various organs and tissues of affected animals
  • Causes local inflammation of the genital organs in both male and female pigs
  • Seen by abortion, stillbirth, infertility, and orchitis in male pigs
• E. coli diarrhea in piglets

  • At birth, the gastrointestinal tract is microbiologically sterile. Organisms begin to colonize the tract quickly after birth, among them potentially pathogenic strains of E. coli
  • Ingestion of colostrum and later, of milk containing IgA is vital for creation of immunity within the intestinal tract
  • If too many bacteria are present or if there are stressors present such as chilling or concurrent infection, piglets will succumb to disease
  • Periods of greatest risk are before 5 days of age and between 7 and 14 days of age
  • Weaning is another risk, as loss of sow's milk and the IgA it contains, allows the bacteria to adhere to the villi of the small intestines
  • Symptoms may include acute death, dehydration, sticky feces around the rectum and tail with accompanying characteristic sour smell
• Swine Dysentery


  • A bacterial disease caused by hemolysin produced by Brachyspira hyodysenteria
  • The bacteria is an anaerobic spirochete that produces toxins in an anaerobic condition of pigs' intestines
  • Other organisms also contribute to this disease
  • Clinical signs include loose feces, dehydration, fever, pigs may die peracute
  • Therapeutic antibiotics may be used early to treat the disease
• Mastitis in Pigs


  • A common bacterial disease in lactating sows
  • Caused by E Coli, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and some other bacteria
  • Mostly seen after two days of parturition and happens sporadically in the herd
  • Manifested by inflammation of mammary glands, changes in milk quality, fever, swelling of the mammary gland, and complete cessation of milk production
  • Can be treated by long-acting antibiotics and prevented by improving the house's hygiene, especially during breeding
• Vulvar Discharge/Metritis


  • Inflammation and infection of the uterus caused by Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella spp
  • Inflammation of the mammary gland
  • Agalactia is absence of milk, while hypogalactia is the decrease in the amount of milk secreted
• Salmonellosis


  • Enteropathogenic salmonellae cause inflammation and necrosis of the small and large intestines, resulting in diarrhea
  • Most often observed in pigs from weaning up to about 5 months old however, it can occur at any age
  • Affected pigs are commonly febrile, with reduced feed intake, and have liquid yellow feces that may contain shreds of necrotic debris
  • Diarrhea in individual pigs usually lasts 3-7 days, and it may recur for multiple bouts
  • Pigs infected with enteropathogenic salmonellae (S. choleraesuis, S. typhimurium) have an inflamed, segmentally thickened distal small intestine and colon, usually with necrotic debris on the mucosal surface
  • Mesenteric lymph nodes are variably enlarged, edematous, and reddened
  • Mucosal ulceration may or may not be evident, and a small amount of hemorrhage may be observed in acute cases
• Bacterial Diseases of Swine

  • Anthrax
  • Endocarditis
  • Erysipelas
  • Hemorrhagic septicemia
  • Melioidosis
  • Septicemia
  • Enzootic pneumonia
  • Abortion
  • Mastitis
  • Udder abscess
  • Pneumonia
  • Botulism
  • Dysentery
  • Enteritis
  • Edema disease
  • Ulcers
  • Cystitis
  • Leptospirosis
  • Abscess
  • Lockjaw
  • Arthritis
  • Neonatal mortality