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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Flashcards (view source)
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, 15:30, 19 June 2011Created page with "<FlashCard questions="6"> |q1=What type of virus causes porcine epidemic diarrhoea? |a1= Coronavirus |l1=Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction |q2=What other porcine disease i..."
<FlashCard questions="6">
|q1=What type of virus causes porcine epidemic diarrhoea?
|a1= Coronavirus
|l1=Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction
|q2=What other porcine disease is closely related, but antigenically different to, PED??
|a2= Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)
|l2= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction
|q3= In what age of pig is disease most severe and mortality highest?
|a3= Neonatal pigs less than one week old.
|l3= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Signalment
|q4= What post-mortem finding is common in finishing pigs with PED and is also a cause of sudden deaths in infected pigs?
|a4= Back Muscle Necrosis
|l4= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Clinical Signs
|q5=When should pigs be euthanased if virus isolation is to be performed for diagnosis?
|a5= During the acute phase of disease, less than 24h after the onset of diarrhoea.
|l5= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Diagnosis
|q6= What is an effective way of shortening the length of a disease outbreak on a farm using natural immunity?
|a6= Spreading virus contaminated faeces onto pens containing pregnant sows to stimulate lactogenic immunity to protect their litters.
|l6= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Control
</FlashCard>
[[Category: Pig Flashcards]]
[[Category:To Do - CABI review]]
|q1=What type of virus causes porcine epidemic diarrhoea?
|a1= Coronavirus
|l1=Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction
|q2=What other porcine disease is closely related, but antigenically different to, PED??
|a2= Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)
|l2= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction
|q3= In what age of pig is disease most severe and mortality highest?
|a3= Neonatal pigs less than one week old.
|l3= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Signalment
|q4= What post-mortem finding is common in finishing pigs with PED and is also a cause of sudden deaths in infected pigs?
|a4= Back Muscle Necrosis
|l4= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Clinical Signs
|q5=When should pigs be euthanased if virus isolation is to be performed for diagnosis?
|a5= During the acute phase of disease, less than 24h after the onset of diarrhoea.
|l5= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Diagnosis
|q6= What is an effective way of shortening the length of a disease outbreak on a farm using natural immunity?
|a6= Spreading virus contaminated faeces onto pens containing pregnant sows to stimulate lactogenic immunity to protect their litters.
|l6= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Control
</FlashCard>
[[Category: Pig Flashcards]]
[[Category:To Do - CABI review]]