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What lesion is seen in this image?

A sow is found with skin lacerations in the pen. What is the cause of this condition?

A number of finishing pigs have ulcerative pododermatitis on the lateral side of their feet which causes lameness. What is the cause of this lesion?

There is an increase of ill thrift and laboured abdominal breathing in 6 to 8 weeks old weaner pigs. There is poor response to antimicrobial treatment. Mortality has increased from 1.5% to 6%. Post-mortemed pigs had interstitial pneumonia. What is it?

Necrotic hepatitis with hepatic parenchyma infiltrated with gas bubbles is detected in a sudden dead sow during post-mortem examination. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

A lactating sow is found with widespread raised rhomboid lesions on the skin. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

This sow had poor body condition, was anaemic and was found dead in the pen. The stomach had a dark black content inside. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

There is bloody diarrhoea and mortality in 3 days old piglets. The small intestine of post-mortemed piglets is dark red, haemorrhagic and filled with bloody fluid. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

There is profuse yellowish scour, ill thrift and high mortality during the first 72 hours of life. What is the most likely cause of this condition?

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?

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?

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

This sow has reddening of skin and considerable pain. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

Sudden death in 6 – 8 weeks old weaner pigs. Carcasses are pale. There is haemorrhagic abdominal fluid with clotted blood strands and hepatic rupture. Excess of fluid in the thorax. Heart and muscles are pale. What is the most likely cause?

There is scour, ill thrift and high mortality during the first 4 weeks post-weaning. All post-mortemed pigs had the same gross lesions, as the one seen in the picture. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?

There is an increase of regular and irregular returns in the breeding herd accompanied by abortions, stillborns and mummified piglets. All parities are affected. What is the cause of abortion in this picture?

This pig has a mass protruding from behing. What is the most likely cause of this lesion?