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Leptospirosis All Forms

Control
Biosecurity Wildlife Contaminated Water, Soil, Wildlife

Environment Stagnant Water Chlorination

Rodent Control

Vaccination Injection Gilts 5 and 2 Weeks Pre Breeding

Vaccination Injection Polyvalent Bacterins (Parvo, Lepto, Erysipelas) Partial Protection Serotype Specific

Vaccination Injection PRIOR to Infection Kidney Immune Priviledged tf CANNOT Clear

Vaccination Injection Sows Pre Breeding (Lactation)
Leptospirosis All Forms

Diagnosis
Immuno Histo Chemistry Antigen Identification Leptospires

PCR Antigen Genes

Serology (Microscopic Agglutination) Herd Screening Difficult (Cross Reactions) Fetal Serum Best

Special Stains (Silver) Antigen Identification Leptospires
Leptospirosis All Forms

Epidemiology
Access Wildlife Stagnant Water

Persistence Moisture Warmth (10 to 34) Best = 28

Susceptible Desiccation

Transmission Horizontal Direct Contact Urine, Placental Fluids, Milk

Transmission Horizontal Environment Contaminated Water, Soil, Wildlife

Transmission Vertical Venereal Transplacental
Leptospirosis All Forms

Pathogenesis
Clearance via Rapid Agglutinating AB Response

Immunological Priviledged Sites Kidneys Reproductive Organs

Penetrates Mucousmembranes Ocular, Nasal, Vaginal Brief Bactermia

Persistance Kidneys Weeks to Years (rare) Leptospiruria
Leptospirosis All Forms

Significance
Geography Regional Serovars Maintenance Hosts

Zoonotic
Leptospirosis All Forms

Treatment
Antimicrobial Feed High Doses 3 to 5 Days Eliminate Pamona from Kidney Oxytetracycline

Antimicrobial Parenteral Streptomycin
Leptospirosis Incidental

Agent
Leptospirosis interrogans Serovar Various

Canicola,

Grippohyphosa

Hardjo,

Icterohaemorrhagica
Leptospirosis Incidental

Clinical Signs
Petechial Hemorrhage Piglet

Septicemia / Bacteremia Anorexia, Pyrexia, Lethargy
Leptospirosis Incidental

Diagnosis
Petechial Hemorrhage Renal Hepatic
Leptospirosis Incidental

Epidemiology
Acute Pathogenicity High

Antibody Response High Diagnosis Easier

Mobidity Low

Persistence Kidney is Short
Leptospirosis Maintenance

Agent
Leptospirosis interrogans Serovar Bratislava

Leptospirosis interrogans Serovar Pomona
Leptospirosis Maintenance

Clinical Signs
Abortion Storm Pamona Still Born, Weak MUMMIES NIET

Infertility Bratislava
Leptospirosis Maintenance

Diagnosis
Edema Fetus

Liver Necrosis Focal Fetus Pathognomic (Less Common)

Nephritis Interstitial Scattered Small Grey Foci

Petechial Hemorrhage Fetus
Leptospirosis Maintenance

Epidemiology
Antibody Response Low Diagnosis Difficult

Bratislava Infertility

Chronic Disease
Persistent Kidney Genital Tract

Pomana Abortion Storm MUMMIES NIET
Leptospirosis Maintenance

Pathogenesis
Persistance Genital Tract
Porcine Parvovirus

Agent
Porcine Parvovirus
Porcine Parvovirus

Clinical Signs
Embryonic Death Gestation Days 1 to 30

Fail to Farrow Infertility Naïve Pregnant Females

Infertility Naïve Pregnant Females

Mummification Gestation Days 30 to 70

Return to Estrus Infertility Naïve Pregnant Females

Small Litter Size Embryonic Death Mummies

Subclinical Pre Pubertal Pigs
Porcine Parvovirus

Control
Vaccination Injection Boars Twice Annually

Vaccination Injection Gilts 5 and 2 Weeks Pre Breeding

Vaccination Injection Killed Vaccines Many Multivalent Available

Vaccination Injection PRIOR to Conception AFTER Maternal AB Decay

Vaccination Injection Sows 2 Weeks Pre Breeding
Porcine Parvovirus

Diagnosis
Fluorescent Antibody Test Antigen Mummies or Lung (<17 cm)

Mummification Crown Rump Less than 17 cm Mummies Multi Size

PCR = Best Antigen Genes Mummies or Lung (<17 cm)

Serology (Hemagluttin Inhibition) Herd Screening Exposure or Maternal AB Decay, Vaccination = < 1000, Natural Infection = > 1000
Porcine Parvovirus

Epidemiology
Disease Absence Post Neonates

Passive Immunity Interferes Active Immunity Development

Sows Immune via Natural Infection Generally

Ubiquitous

Weeks 12 to 24 Passive Immunity High
Porcine Parvovirus

Etiology
Agglutination Erythrocytes

Boars Acute Shedding Semen, Other Excretions

Persistence Environment 4 Months

Resistant Heat Disinfectants
Porcine Parvovirus

Pathogenesis
Endothelial Trophism Vascular Necrosis

Fetal Trophism Replicates in Cells Undergoing Mitosis

Immunocomptence Halts Fetal Death Day 70 Crown Rump 17 cm

Sequential Spread In Utero Mummies Multi Size
Porcine Parvovirus Significance
SMEDI (Still Birth, Mummification, Embryonic Death, Infertility)

Economically Significant
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Agent
PRRS Virus

Ateriveidae

Related to Equine Arteritis Virus EAV
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Diagnosis
PNEUMONIA INTERSTITIAL NON SUPPURATIVE Non Specific

VASCULITIS Systemic Non Specific

LYMPHADENOPATHY Non Specific

PCR Lung, LN, Tonsil Virus Detection

IHC Lung, LN, Tonsil Virus Detection

SEQUENCING Lung, LN, Tonsil Genomic Analysis

RFLP Lung, LN, Tonsil Genomic Analysis

SEROLOGY IgG, IgM, SN (Serum Neutrolizing) Antibody Detection
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Diagnosis Serology
ELISA - IgG Semi

Quantitiative

IFA (Indirect Fluorescent AB) - IgG or IgM Quantitiative (Confirm Suspicious ELISA)

SN (Serum Neutralization) Quantitiative for Functional AB
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Diagnosis Virus Presence
Blood Appears 24 to 48 Hours PI
Blood Disappears Adults 14 to 21 Days PI, Juviniles 21 to 28 Days PI

Tissue Appears 24 to 48 Hours PI
Tissue Disappears Lung 10 to 14 Days PI, Tonsils 100 to 150 Days PI

Semen Appears 3 to 5+ Days PI
Semen Disappears 10 to 35 Days PI
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Diagnosis Antibody Response
IgM (IFA) Appears 5 Days PI
IgM (IFA) Disappears 14 Days PI

IgG (ELISA) Appears 10 to 14 Days PI
IgG (ELISA) Disappears 4 ot 6 Months PI

IgG (IFA) Appears 7 to 10 Days PI
IgG (IFA) Disappears 6 Months+ PI

SN Appears 28 to 42+ Days PI
SN Disappears >>>> 6 Months
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Epidemiology
Infectivity High Infective Dose Low

Contagiousness Low Slow Spread

Carriers Persistent State 200 Days

Cross Protection NOT 100% Heterologous Strains

Subclinical Endemic Infection Western Can Most Common

Environment Poor Survival Lower Temp = Longer

Susceptable Drying Detergents, Disinfectants

Transmission Vertical Semen Transplacental

Transmission Horizontal Within Herd naïve

Nursery via ↓ Mat AB Between Herds INFECTED Replacements

Transmission Fomites Mechanical Vectors Inscect Vectors

Transmission Aerosol Hog Dense Regions Airborne SHORT Distances
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Etiology
RNA Virus Enveloped Unstable

Strain Variation Genome Plasticity

Virulence Highly Variable

Antigenic and Genetic Distinction European Strain (Lelystad) NA Strain VR2332

Asymtomatic Persistent Infections

Severe Disease Fatal Possible

Replication Macrophages Immunity Compromised
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Pathogenesis
Infection Tonsil URT

Replication LYMPHOID TISSUES

VIREMIA PERSISTENT Latent NIET

MACROPHAGES Trophism Pulmonary Alveolar (PAM) and Pulmonary Interstitial (PIM)

PNEUMONIA Interstitial Susceptability to 2˚ Pathogens

PLACENTA BREACHED Late Gestation 72 Days Plus
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

Reproductive Disease

Clinical Signs
Death Sows Virulent Strains

Anorexia 1 to 5 Days Post Infection

Fever 1 to 5 Days Post Infection

TRANSPLACENTAL INFECTION 3rd Trimester

INFERTILITY 4 Months Post Infection

PREMATURE FARROWING < 110 Days
Fetus (Big, Brown, Squishy, Rubbery) NEAR TERM AUTOLYSED

WEAK PIGLETS Congenitally Infected Persistent Viremia

SCOURS Neonatal Non Responsive

Death Piglets (25 to 50%) PRE-WEANING MORTALITY ELEVATED
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

Reproductive Disease

Stage
Adult Reproductive Disease
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

Respiratory Disease

Clinical Signs
DYSPNEA Thumping Typical

CYANOSIS Extremities Vasculitis Systemic (Blue Ear Dz)

COUGH MINIMAL Pure PRRSV Secondary Infection Main Cause

IMMUNOSUPPRESION Seconday Mixed Infections
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

Respiratory Disease

Stage
Nursery Respiratory Disease Horizontal Transmission

Grower Respiratory Disease Horizontal Transmission

Suckling Respiratory Disease Vertical Transmission
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Significance
The BIG DADDY Of All Pig Diseases
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Breeding Herd Stabilization
STERILIZING IMMUNITY STOP ONGOING VERTICAL TRANSMISSION

Gilt Acclimation Build Immunity

Mass Esposure Vaccination or Serum Inoculation

Implement McRebel

Weaning Off Site

Prevent Reinfection
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

McRebel
Management

Changes to

Reduce

Exposure to

Bacteria to

Eliminate

Losses from PRRS
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

McRebel Procedures
Cross Fostering - Stop for Resizing, Saving, Fall Behinds, Runts

Cross Fostering - Only to Resize Litter < 24 Hours ONLY

Movement Only Within Rooms AT BIRTH

Nurse Sows for Poor Doers NIET NIET NIET


Minimize Handling Especially Routine AM or Iron

Evaluate Effect on Clinical Disease Non Essential Tx and Processing of Suckling and Nursery Pigs

Euthanize Immediately Sick Piglets - NO MERCY

Hold Backs NIET NIET NIET

Feed Back CEASE and DESIST

AIAO ALWAYS 2 to 3 Days Clean Up and Disinfection

AIAO ALWAYS Move Big Piglets into Nursery Early
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Vaccination Injection
ATTENUATED LIVE (2 Strains Available) (PRRS-MLV; BIVM)

Does NOT Provide 100% Cross Protection Heterologous Strains tf Serum Inoculation

KILLED INEFFECTIVE (NA)

SHEDDING - NAÏVE Animals Dr. Hardings Infammy

Not Liscenced Boars or Pregnant Sows Vertical Transmission 2nd 1/2 Gestation
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Vaccination Injection Timing
Breeding Herd (Reproductive Dz) Gilts Prior to Breeding

Breeding Herd (Reproductive Dz) Sows During Lactation

Progeny (Respiratory Disease) Post Passive AB Decay - Nursery if Required
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Serum Innoculation
STERILIZING IMMUNITY HOMOLOGOUS Farm Strain
RISKY RISKY RISKY Live Virulent PRRSV

Contamination Bacterial, Viral

Excessive Titre Oops

Sow Mortality

Malpractice Insurance Top Up

Infect All Animals and LET IT RIDE Natural Spread TOO SLOW
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Serum Innoculation Process
REMOVE Nursery, Grower, Finisher Pigs Off Site Weaning, Sell or Ship

CLOSE HERD No Incoming Gilts or Boars

COLLECT BLOOD (Inoculum) VIREMIC But HEALTHY Piglets

FREEZE (-80) or LIQUID NITROGEN Separtated Serum

CONFIRM PRRS Status and CONCENTRATION

INOCULATE ALL ADULTS (Gilts, Sows, Boars) Dilute in PBS

WAIT and SANITATE 4 to 6 Months

TEST (PCR) Pigs at WEANING

RESTOCK Nursery, Grower, Finisher

OPEN HERD Sentinals
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Re-Infection Risk
Piglets NON VIREMIC and Healthy AT BIRTH If Successful Breeding Herd Stabilization

Passive Immunity Prevents Transmission Lactation, Early Post Weaning

PIGS are FULLY SUSCEPTABLE via Maternal AB Decay (Late Nursery, Grower) tf DO NOT LET Dr. Harding ON FARM
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Re-Infection Prevention Naïve Farms
QUARANTINE and TESTING Live Animals

SEMEN TEST

DISINFECTION Incoming SUPPLIES (aka Fomites(

DESICCATION Overnight Drying

MLV VACCINE (aka Dr. Harding) NIET NIET NIET

SAFE LOCATION Away from Infected Farms

BIOSECURE Transportation Protocols
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

Boar Studs
SPORADIC SHEDDING SEMEN Weeks to Months Post Infection

Source NEGATIVE PPRS Farms

ELISA Serology Quarantine and Resident Boars Detection TOO SLOW = 2 Weeks Shedding

PCR Semen 72 Hours Max to Detection

PCR BLOOD = BEST 24 Hours Max to Detection
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Control

North American Regional Erradication
EASILY ELIMINATED From Infected Farms

HARD TO KEEP OUT Naïve Farms

BIOSECURITY Its ALL ABOUT
PRRS Porcine Reporductive & Respiratory Syndrome

All Forms

Treatment
Supportive Care Anti-inflammatories Dexamon

Supportive Care Anti-inflammatories Preda (Licensed)

Supportive Care Anti-inflammatories Acetominphen (Liscensed)

Secondary Infections Parenteral Medication Mass Medication
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

All Forms

Agent
Porcine Circo Virus Circoviridae PCV2 (a or b) PATHOGENIC
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

All Forms

Epidemiology
UBIQUITOUS Virtually All Herds Infected Few Herds Have Dz

RESISTANT and STABLE Non Enveloped

SUSCEPTIBLE ONLY Virkon, Synergize

Transmission EARLY IN LIFE Oral, Respiratory

SIMPLE INFECTION (PCV2 Alone) SUBCLINICAL DZ

COFACTORS to ENHANCE PCV2 REPLICATION Required for OVERT DZ

CO-INFECTIONS KNOWN Known PRRS, MH, SIV, PPV Unknown AGENT X ….

CO-FACTORS Management, Genetics Vaccination, Semen
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

All Forms

Etiology
DISCRETE CLUSTERS of PCV2 2a, 2b (Nucleic Acid Homology)

Significance and Virulence Unknown
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

All Forms

Significance
PCV1 NON PATHOGENIC

PCV2 Number 2
Reproductive, Respiratory, Enteric Dz
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Endemic

Epidemiology
Mortality Sporadic
Nursery,
Grower,
Finisher

Most Common
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Clinical Signs
Variable Most Are Evident OVER TIME

DEATH ELEVATED

WEIGHT LOSS

Weight Gain Impaired

Emaciation

PALE Anemia

Diarrhea Grower Finisher

DYSPNEA

Tachycardia

LYMPHADENOPATHY Enlarged Lymph Nodes Subinguinal, Mesenteric

SKIN ABNORMALITIES Jaundice Endstage Liver

JAUNDICE Liver End Stage

INFERTILITY New Populations First 15 Months

SMEDI (Still Birth, Mummification, Embryonic Death, Infertility)

MYOCARDITIS NECROTIZING (PCV2 AG) Non Suppurative Fetal, Stillbornes
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Differentials
PRRS Virus

PPV
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Epidemiology
Mortality High (25 to 30%)

Case Fatality (50 to 80%)
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Infertility

Pathogenesis
TRANSPLACENTAL INFECTION Uncommon

GESTATION STAGE
6 Days = Degeneration,
57 Days = Mummified,
75 Days = Stillborne,
92 Days = Normal
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Pathogenesis

Post Natal Infection
ACCUMULATES and Hides Out DENDRITIC CELLS

Immune TOLERANCE NON STERILIZING IgM (Briefly) and IgA Response

Inate Immunity IMPAIRED via Decreased Interferon Production
PLASMACYTOID Dendritic Cell INTERFERENCE

Adaptive Immunity (CELL MEDIATED and HUMORAL) Response IMPAIRED

MYELOID Dentritic Cell Mediation IMPEDED

ENHANCED CO-INFECTIONS (PRRS, Mycoplasma, SIV) via Multicentric Impairment of Innate and Adaptive Immune Response

REPLICATION in Response to IMMUNE STIMULATION (Concurrent Infection, Adjuvants) Increases Viral Levels in Tissue

POSITIVE CORRELATION Clinical Dz and Viral Load

Clinical and Pathological Outcome DEPENDENT
SITE of CO-INFECTIONS,
VIRAL LOAD

MULT-SYSTEMIC Lymphoid and Parenchymal Tissues

SITE SPECIFIC Respiratory, Enteric, Reproductive, etc
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Pathogenesis

Subclinical Infection
Systemic and / or Systemic

LYMPHOID Tissue Distribution
Follwed by CLEARANCE
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Pathogenesis

Co-Infections
Respiratory or GI

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae,

Swine Influenza Virus,

PRRS
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Epizootic

Pathogenesis

Systemic Dz
ADJUVANT INDUCED IMMUNE STIMULATION

PPV,
PRRS or
Agent X
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Post Weaning Multiseystemic Wasting Syndrome

Diagnosis

Pathology
LYMPHADENOPATHY 3 to 4 X Sites of CO-INFECTION

GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION Initially Lymphohistiocytic Infiltration

LYMPHOID DEPLETION (B Cell Follicles) Spleen, LN

Liver SINGLE CELL NECROSIS, OBLITERATION (Hepatocyte), Atrophy

Lungs INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA (Non Specific) Patchy =/- HYPERINFLATION

Kidney Interstitial Nephritis, Enlarged, WHITE FOCI in Cortex (DDx Lepto)

Thymus ATROPHY
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Porcine CircoVirus Associated Disease (PCVAD)

Diagnosis

Case Definition
Multisystemic Dz with Weight Loss (PMWS)

Mortality Twice Historical

Respiratory Signs Pneumonia

Porcine Dematitis Nephropathy Syndrome

Enteric Signs Diarrhea and Weight Loss

Reproductive Disease SMEDI
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

Porcine CircoVirus Associated Disease (PCVAD)

Diagnosis

Histopathology
Depletion of Lymphoid Cells Growing Pig Lymphoid Tissue

Granulomatous Inflammation Dissemintaed in One or More Tissues

Intra Lesional PCV2 via IHC Growing Pig

Intra Lesional PCV2 via IHC Fetal Myocarditis

Lesions
Intracytoplasmic Inclusion Bodies Basophilic
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

All Forms

Diagnosis
PCR NIET

Samples Multiple Pigs (There Will be Lots of Sick Ones to Kill)

Multiple Tissues Lymphiod - Multiple LN, Thymus, Spleen

Parenchymal - Liver, Kidney, Lung, Pancreas, SI (Peyer's Patch)

Vertical Rule Out Still Born (No Suckling = No Mat AB)
PCVD Porcine Corcovirus Diseases

All Forms

Control
PCV2 REPLICATION Identify and Eliminate ENHANCING FACTORS Environmental and Management

CONCURRENT DZ PPV, PRRS, MH, SIV Control It

IMMUNE STIMULATION Adjuvants, Oil Based Vaccines Reduce

MANAGEMENT AIAO ALWAYS, Less Mixing, Proper Stocking Density Sanitation, Environment, Air

Vaccination Injection CircoFLEX PCV2 Capsid 3 Weeks Onwards

Vaccination Injection Suvaxyn PCV2 Inactivated PCV2-1 Chimera 4 Weeks Onwards

Vaccination Injection Circumvent PCV2 Capsid Protein 3 Weeks Onwards

Vaccination Injection Circovac Inactivated PCV2 Sows and Gilts 5 and 2 Weeks Pre Breeding, 3 to 4 Weeks Post Farrowing
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Agent
Porcine Cytomegalovirus Herpes Group Species Specific
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Etiology
CYTOMEGALY

INTRA-NUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES BASOPHILIC

SYSTEMIC Virus

Respiratory, Lacrymal Glands, Salivary Glands Renal Tubular Epithelium,

Reproductive Tracts (Male and Female)
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Epidemiology
Endemic Most Herds Economic Impact Low

UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT Infection
Most Common Younger Pigs

SEVERE GENERALIZED Dz NAÏVE HERD RARE
Piglets and Adults Transplacental - Fetal and Neonatal Dz

LATENT Typical Herpes
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Clinical Signs
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT Infection
YOUNG PIGLETS

SNEEZING Most Predominant NOT Pathognomic

Weeks 1 to 6 Usually

Nasal Discharge

Conjunctivitis

EPISTAXIS NIET
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Diagnosis

Pathology
EXUDATIVE (CATARRHAL) RHINITIS Severe

TURBINATE ATROPHY NIET

SNEEZING
WITHOUT EPISTAXIS
WITHOUT TURBINATE ATROPHY

INTRA NUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES

Serology NIET
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Differentials
Atrophic Rhinitis

Foreign Bodies

Opportunistic Invasion
Streptococcus suis
Haemophilus parasuis
PCMV-IBR Porcine CytoMegaloVirus

Treatment
Supportive Care

Uncommon
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

NPAR Non Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis

Agent
Bordetella bronchiseptica
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Agent
Pasturella multocida
Toxogenic Types A and D +/-

Other Agents (Bordetella, PCMV) that ENHANCE COLONIZATION
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

NPAR Non Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis

Epidemiology
WIDESPREAD
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Epidemiology
WIDESPREAD
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Epidemiology
TOXIGENIC Pasturella Multocida
Limited to Herds with PAR

ABSENT (Typically)
HIGH HEALTH HERDS
May Present and Subclincal in OLD Farms (ie no depopulation)
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

All Forms

Epidemiology
HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION
Sow to Piglet via Suckling
Pig to Pig Nurserues

Infection
EARLY IN LIFE
Week 1 to 8 Generally
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

NPAR Non Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis

Clinical Signs
SNEEZING Sniffling Piglets

Weeks 3 to 4
May be as Young as Week 1

NASAL DISCHARGE
Catarrhal Rinitis
Serous or Mucopurulent
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Clinical Signs
SNEEZING EXPLOSIVE
Naïve Herds

EPISTAXIS
Pathognomic If Herd Basis (Even Sporadic)

LACRIMATION
Tearing
Dark Lines Ventral to Eyes

FACIAL DEFORMITIES
Twisted, Shortened, Deviated

WEIGTH GAIN IMPAIRMENT
Metabolic Impairment via Toxigenic Pasteurella Multocida (Liver Dz)
Feed Intake Reduced via Deformities
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Pathogenesis
TOXIGENIC Pasturella Multocida
Infection Required

TOXIGENIC Pasturella Multocida
ALONE NON AGGRESSIVE

PRE-EXISTING DAMAGE To Nasal Mucosa
(Mixed Infections Bordetella, IBR, or NH3 etc)
Usually Required to ASSIST COLONIZATION

DERMONECROTIC TOXIN via Toxigenic Pastuerella multocida
Osteogenesis Reduced
Osteolysis Increased

PERMENENT Turbinate Destruction
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Diagnosis
FACIAL DEFORMITIES EPISTAXIS PATHOGNOMIC on Herd Basis

Sneezing NOT Pathognomic MUST be Evident

TURBINATE ATROPHY Slaughter

Culture Toxigenic Pasteurella multocida

ELISA DERMONECROTIC TOXIN
AR Atrophic Rhinitis PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis
Diagnosis

Slaughter Check
Snout Lesion Scores
Ventral Meatus Probe Depth
Average Score >1 Suggestive
Individual Score > 3.5 Suggestive

Seasonal Variablility Considered Variablility
AR Atrophic Rhinitis PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis
Diagnosis

Snout Lesion Scores
0 = 3 to 6 mm

1 = 7 to 9 mm

2 = 10 to 12 mm

3 = 13 to 16 mm

4 = 17 to 20 mm

5 = 21 + mm

Bonus Points (0.5)
Septal Deviation or
Dorsal Space
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Control
Environment
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS to Minimize Nasal Mucosal Irritation
Dust, NH3, Humidity

Environment
SEPARATE AGE GROUPS AIAO
Reduce
Infection Pressure,
Horizontal Transmission

CONCURRENT COLONIZERS URT
Control via
Antimicrobials in Feed
Vaccination (Bordetella. Streptococcus suis, Haemophilus parasuis)
AR Atrophic Rhinitis

PAR Progresive Atrophic Rhinitis

Treatment
Antimicrobial
Indicated if CLINICAL SIGNS in HERD
BEFORE and AFTER Weaning

Antimicrobial Parenteral Oxytetracycline Long Acting

Antimicrobial Feed Nursery and Grower Diets

Vaccination Injection Sow Herd
MUST CONTAIN Toxigenic P. multocida, B. bronchiseptica TOXOIDS

Vaccination Injection
PRE-FARROWING
Sows 2 Weeks Prefarrowing

Vaccination Injection
PRE-FARROWING
Gilts 2 and 5 Weeks Prefarrowing