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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 | ||
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|a2= Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE) | |a2= Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE) | ||
|l2= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction | |l2= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Introduction | ||
− | |q3= | + | |q3= In what age of pig is disease most severe and mortality highest? |
− | |a3= | + | |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> | </FlashCard> | ||
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[[Category: Pig Flashcards]] | [[Category: Pig Flashcards]] | ||
− | [[Category:CABI | + | [[Category:To Do - CABI review]] |
[[Category:Alimentary Diseases Flashcards]] | [[Category:Alimentary Diseases Flashcards]] |
Revision as of 13:52, 23 June 2011
Question | Answer | Article | |
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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Link to Article | |
In what age of pig is disease most severe and mortality highest? | Neonatal pigs less than one week old.
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Link to Article | |
What post-mortem finding is common in finishing pigs with PED and is also a cause of sudden deaths in infected pigs? | Back Muscle Necrosis
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Link to Article | |
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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Link to Article | |
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.
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Link to Article |