Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Flashcards
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| What type of virus causes porcine epidemic diarrhoea? | Coronavirus
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| What other porcine disease is closely related, but antigenically different to, PED?? | Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)
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| What are the usual clinical signs of disease? | Generally the disease is mild and mortality is low. The most common signs are watery diarrhoea and vomiting.
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| When should pigs be euthanased if virus isolation is to be performed for diagnosis? | During the acute phase of disease, less than 24h after the onset of diarrhoea.
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| What is an effective way of shortening the length of a disease outbreak on a farm using natural immunity? | Spreading virus contaminated faeces onto pens containing pregnant sows to stimulate lactogenic immunity to protect their litters. This should not be done in sows close to farrowing as it can lead to abortions.
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