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**Guttural pouch empyema
**Guttural pouch empyema
**100% morbidity; 5% mortality
**100% morbidity; 5% mortality
**Death can occur from pneumonia, breathing difficulties from swollen lymph nodes or purpura haemorrhagica (an immune-mediated disease)
**Death can occur from pneumonia, breathing difficulties from swollen lymph nodes or [[Muscles Degenerative - Pathology#Ischaemia|purpura haemorrhagica]](an immune-mediated disease)
**Bastard strangle may occasionally occur, with abscessaation in many organs of the body
**Bastard strangle may occasionally occur, with abscessaation in many organs of the body
**Avoid overcrowding and mixing different age groups
**Avoid overcrowding and mixing different age groups
**Disinfection of equipment
**Disinfection of equipment
===''Streptococcus suis''===
===''Streptococcus suis''===
*Meningitis, arthritis, septicaemia and [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Streptococcal pneumonia|pneumonia]] of pigs
*Sporadic cases of endocarditis, neonatal deaths and abortion
*Carried in tonsils of carrier pigs
*Outbreaks occur in intensively-reared herds with poor hygiene
*Carrier sows infect litters causing neonatal deaths
*Meningitis with fever, tremors, incoordination, opisthotonos and convulsions
*Treatment with penicillin; prophylactic long-acting penicillin for sows and piglets
===Bovine streptococcal mastitis===
*''S. agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae'' and ''S. uberis'' primarily cause mastitis
*Swabs of pus or exudate cultured on blood agar and MacConkey agar
*Swabs of pus or exudate cultured on blood agar and MacConkey agar
*PCR, Lancefield grouping and biochemical tests
*PCR, Lancefield grouping and biochemical tests
* Can cause vascular fragility, leading to [[General Pathology - Haemostasis#Haemorrhagic Disease Due To Vascular Fragility|haemorrhagic disease]].
* Can cause vascular fragility, leading to [[General Pathology - Haemostasis#Haemorrhagic Disease Due To Vascular Fragility|haemorrhagic disease]].
*Secondary invadors after [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Equine influenza|Equine influenza]]
*Secondary invadors after [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Equine influenza|Equine influenza]]
*In [[Pleural Cavity & Membranes Inflammatory - Pathology#Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)|pyothorax]]
*In [[Pleural Cavity & Membranes Inflammatory - Pathology#Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)|pyothorax]]
*In infectious [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Sheep|arthritis of sheep]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis in calves]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Horses|arthritis in horses]] and [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]]
*In infectious [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Sheep|arthritis of sheep]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis in calves]], [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Horses|arthritis in horses]] and [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]]
*In [[Cavity & Gingiva - Pathology#Catarrhal Stomatitis|catarrhal stomatitis]]
*In [[Cavity & Gingiva - Pathology#Catarrhal Stomatitis|catarrhal stomatitis]]
*In [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]] and subcutaneous abscesses
*In [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]] and subcutaneous abscesses