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Week of 28-May-2025Photo of the week

An outbreak of sudden deaths and coughing is detected in 10 weeks old pigs. Post-mortem examination detects necrotizing pneumonia with fibrinopurulent exudate of the peritoneal and thoracic cavities. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

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There is an outbreak of sudden deaths of 6 weeks old pigs. At post-mortem examination the pericardial sac is distended with straw-coloured fluid that contains fibrin strands. The heart has areas of necrosis. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

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The whole litter of piglets is trembling and shacking. What is the cause of this condition?

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African Swine Fever

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Week of 07-May-2025Photo of the week

Several weaner pigs show clinical signs of diarrhoea and loss of body weight from the age of 8 weeks. At post-mortem examination, there is mucohaemorrhagic diarrhoea and enlargement of the Peyer patches in the intestinal lining. What is the cause?

Week of 30-Apr-2025Photo of the week

Bulging irregular masses detected in the oral mucosa of the lower lip in a 2 weeks old piglet. What is the most likely cause of this condition?

Week of 23-Apr-2025Photo of the week

Twenty gilts are found dead in the same building with cyanosis of the lower parts of the body and salivation. What is the cause of dead?

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    Week of 16-Apr-2025Photo of the week

    Cranioventral lung consolidation is detected at post-mortem examination of the lungs of pigs with persistent coughing associated with lack of appetite. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

    Week of 09-Apr-2025Photo of the week

    There is an increase of sudden death mortality in growing and finishing pigs. Post-mortemed pigs have the loops of gut distended with gas, have a deep purple colour and filled with heavily blood stained liquid. What is the most likely cause of this lesion

    Week of 02-Apr-2025Photo of the week

    Dead pigs with cyanotic ears and lower and distal parts of the body are found in one room of a flat deck accommodation. Some pigs are alive but dope. What is the cause of this condition?

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    Week of 26-Mar-2025Photo of the week

    Some pigs have swollen ears and walk with their heads tilted to one side. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

    Week of 19-Mar-2025Photo of the week

    This pig had a good body condition, was anaemic and died suddenly. The stomach had a dark black content inside.

    Question of the week

    Which virus typically has a longer infectious period in piglets?

    Week of 12-Mar-2025Photo of the week

    This pig had a good body condition, was anaemic and died suddenly. The intestinal content is dark black. What is the most likely cause?

    Week of 05-Mar-2025Photo of the week

    Necrotic lesions in the feet of a weaner pig. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

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