Diseases

Question 1

PRRS is also called?

Answer 1

blue ear disease

Question 2

A viral disease characterized by reproductive impairment or failure in
breeding animals, and respiratory disease in
pigs of any age.

Answer 2

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratoy Syndrome (PRRS)

Question 3

PRRS causative agent

Answer 3

arterivirus

Question 4

PRRS incubation period

Answer 4

3-37 days

Question 5

Porcine parvovirus causative agent

Answer 5

Porcine parvovirus

Question 6

Parvo incubation period

Answer 6

20-40 days

Question 7

A bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very high mortality rate

Answer 7

Nipah Virus

Question 8

Causative agent for Nipah virus

Answer 8

Nipah virus (NiV)

Question 9

Incubation period for Nipah virus

Answer 9

7-14 days

Question 10

Symptoms of Nipah virus in pigs?

Answer 10

Barking Pig Syndrome
Porcine Respiratory Encephalitis
Porcine Respiratory and Neurologic Syndrome

Question 11

It is a severe, highly contagious vesicular viral disease of livestock that has a significant economic impact. It usually produces severe
disease in pigs

Answer 11

Foot and Mouth Disease, Hoof and Mouth Disease, Aphthous Fever, Aftosa

Question 12

Causative agent for FMD

Answer 12

Foot-and-Mouth
disease (FMD) virus, an aphthovirus

Question 13

7 distinct serotypes of FMD

Answer 13

A, O, C,
S.A.T.1, S.A.T.2, S.A.T.3, Asia 1

Question 14

FMD incubation period

Answer 14

2-14 days

Question 15

A chronic,
typically clinically mild, infectious
pneumonia of pigs. The disease is
characterized by a persistent dry
cough, impaired growth, occasional
flares of overt respiratory distress, and a high incidence of lung lesions in
slaughtered pigs

Answer 15

Enzootic Pneumonia

Question 16

Causative agents for Enzootic Pneumonia

Answer 16

Mycoplasma hypneumoniae

Question 17

Enzootic Pneumonia incubation period

Answer 17

2-8 weeks

Question 18

Enzootic Pneumonia treatment

Answer 18

tetracyclines
and macrolides

Question 19

A highly contagious and
economically significant viral disease of pigs. The severity of
the illness varies with the strain of the virus, the age of the pig,
and the immune status of the herd.

Answer 19

Classical Swine Fever (CSF) or Hog Cholera

Question 20

CSF incubation period

Answer 20

2-14 days OIE
Acute: 7-10 days
Severe: 2-6 days

Question 21

In Classcal Swine Fever (CSF) death occurs within __ days after infection

Answer 21

10 days

Question 22

This organism causes severe pleuropneumonia which is
a highly contagious disease of swine often
characterized by sudden onset, short clinical course,
high morbidity, and high mortality

Answer 22

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Question 23

Causative agent of pleuropneumonia

Answer 23

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Question 24

Other names for pleuropneumonia

Answer 24

Swine Lung Pasteurellosis, Swine Pleuropneumonia, Porcine pleuropneumonia

Question 25

Pleuropneumonia incubation period

Answer 25

12hr-3days

Question 26

Age affected by APP

Answer 26

6-20 week old piglets

Question 27

The thoracic cavity often contains blood-tinged fluid. The classic lesion is hemorrhage and necrosis in the dorsal portion of one or both diaphragmatic lobes. Lesions in the lungs are dark red to black, firm, and develop as areas of infarction. Bloody froth often fills larger airways and there may be interlobular edema.

Answer 27

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP)

Question 28

The virus can cause damage at the cellular level in the developing pig fetuses within the uterus, leading to the clinical signs mentioned in previous responses

Answer 28

Porcine Parvovirus

Question 29

Sows and gilts infected with this virus may exhibit a higher rate of returning to estrus (heat) shortly after giving birth, indicating a delayed return to fertility.

Answer 29

Porcine Parvovirus

Question 30

As the disease progresses, vesicles rupture, causing erosions and painful ulcers in the mouth, tongue, palate, and dental pad.

Answer 30

Foot and Mouth Disease

Question 31

The disease is characterized by a persistent dry cough, impaired growth, occasional flares of overt respiratory distress, and a high incidence of lung lesions in slaughtered pigs.

Answer 31

Enzootic Pneumonia

Question 32

Medicine for enzootic pneumonia

Answer 32

long-acting OTC, tiamulin, lincomycin, valnemulin, tilmicosin, or penicillin/streptomycin

Question 33

Causativr agent for swine erysipelas

Answer 33

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Question 34

Erysipelas is also called?

Answer 34

Diamond Skin Disease

Question 35

T or F: Erysipelas is a zoonotic disease

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Erysipelas incubation period

Answer 36

1-4 days

Question 37

Erysipelas susceptible age

Answer 37

all pigs over the age of 12 weeks

Question 38

The erysipelas organism is very sensitive to

Answer 38

Penicillin