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14 Cards in this Set
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what distance should swine facilites be apart?
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1.5 miles
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what does APHIS stand for
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Animal Plant Health inspection service
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PRRS
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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrom. cuases late term abortion, stillbirth and weak pigs, pnemonea
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Porcine parvovirus
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DNA virus. virus is shed for 2 weeks and remains in the enviroment for 4 weeks. piglets are borne mummified.
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Swine influenza
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2 strains. may cause abortion.
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Porcine corona virus
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Highly infectious. Mortality is age related. GI tissue is affected
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Clostridial enteritis
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CI perfergins type C. Purple gut affects pigs less than 7 days old. their is a vaccine
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Swine dysentery
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caused by a spirochete. muco hemmorhage collitis, present in 40% of herds
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Erysipelas
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vaccines available, bacterial disease causes skin leasions, arthritis, heart valve problems, sudden death
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Salt poisoning
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Excess salt or sudden water deprovation. CNS signs.
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Edema disease
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Due to E-coli, post- weaning. sudden death
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Atrophic rhinitis
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bordetella, pasturella
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Osteochondrosis
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lameness/ leg weakness. degenberation of articular and growth cartilage
genetics, exercise, dietary restrictions |
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pseudorabies
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Alpha herpes virus. abortion and prenatal death. erradicated
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