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**Dermatosis vegetans (associated with a giant cell pneumonia)
 
**Dermatosis vegetans (associated with a giant cell pneumonia)
 
**Dermatophytosis (most commonly ''Microsporum nanum'')
 
**Dermatophytosis (most commonly ''Microsporum nanum'')
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* = '''Exudative epidermitis of pigs'''
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*Caused by [[Staphylococcus spp.#Staphylococcus hyicus|''Staphylococcus hyicus'']]
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*Affects neonatal piglets - often fatal, older piglets - milder disease
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*Focal erosion of stratum corneum
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*Brown exudate
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*Dermatitis around eyes, ears, snout, chin and medial legs, may spread to ventral abdomen and thorax
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*Rapidly becomes generalised -> greasy exudate over red skin -> hardened, cracked exudate
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*In older piglets, milder localised disease develops around eyes, ears and face
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*Grossly:
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**Thickened epidermis, scaling
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*Microscopically:
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**Early - subcorneal pustular dermatitis extending to hair follicles -> superficial suppurative folliculitis
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**Late - hyperplastic epidermis, thick keratin crusts with cocci, microabscesses
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[[Category:Staphylococcus_species]][[Category:Pig]]
 
[[Category:Staphylococcus_species]][[Category:Pig]]
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