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A finishing pig is found in the pen lying on one side and gasping for air, with skin discoloration and muscle tremors. What is the most likely cause of this problem?

Several growing and finishing pigs vomit after eating and gradually lose body condition. After a few days they are euthanized. The only gross post-mortem lesion is a megaesophagus. What is cause of this lesion in these pigs?

When a piglet was handed for blood testing, a lump was detected on its sternal area. What is this condition?

In the post-mortem of a gilt, some nodules are found in the chest cavity. What are they?

Ovaries obtained from a female fattening pig at the slaughterhouse. The ovary on the left side of the image is normal but the ovary on the right side and uterus have some abnormalities. What could be the cause?

Which of the following lesions do you see pictured?

We notice dark diarrhea in finishing hogs. What could cause this?

What does this person do?

Why the faeces must be removed during the pre-farrowing period?

What may have caused these lung abscesses found in pigs slaughtered at an abattoir?

The part of the heart pointed out by the arrow is:

Which germ was isolated from these lungs of a 15-kg piglet?

This serious haemorrhage was caused by:

Which germs were isolated from this lung of a 60-kg pig?

What happened to this spleen of a 100-kg slaughtered pig?

This intestinal haemorrhage was due to:

In these pneumonia lesions, which association of pathogens have we found?

This kind of lesion in the intestine is caused by:

This carcass was condemned because of a pericarditis. In your opinion, what should be seen in a normal carcass after its evisceration?

These lung oedema lesions seen in a 20-kg LW piglet with dyspnea and weight loss make us think of:

This ileitis is caused by:

Which is the cause of these skin lesions?

This vertebral deformation is a:

Which pathogen may be responsible for these lesions?

This scarred lung lesion in a gilt is due to:

According to Madec's evaluation system, what score, out of 4, would you give to the cardiac lobe?

These lesions in the small intestine of a dead 10-day old piglet are due to: