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|q1=What type of virus causes porcine epidemic diarrhoea?

|q1=What type of virus causes porcine epidemic diarrhoea?

|a1= Coronavirus

|a1= Coronavirus

|a2= Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)

|a2= Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE)

|l2= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction

|l2= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction

|q3= In what age of pig is disease most severe and mortality highest?

|q3= What are the usual clinical signs of disease?

|a3= Neonatal pigs less than one week old.

|a3= Generally the disease is mild and mortality is low. The most common signs are watery diarrhoea and vomiting.

|l3= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Clinical Signs

|q4= What post-mortem finding is common in finishing pigs with PED and is also a cause of sudden deaths in infected pigs?

|q4=When should pigs be euthanased if virus isolation is to be performed for diagnosis?

|a4= Back Muscle Necrosis

|a4= During the acute phase of disease, less than 24h after the onset of diarrhoea.

|l4= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Clinical Signs

|l4= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Diagnosis

|q5=When should pigs be euthanased if virus isolation is to be performed for diagnosis?

|q5= What is an effective way of shortening the length of a disease outbreak on a farm using natural immunity?

|a5= During the acute phase of disease, less than 24h after the onset of diarrhoea.

|a5= 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.

|l5= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Diagnosis

|l5= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Control

|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

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