Difference between revisions of "Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Flashcards"
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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= What are the usual clinical signs of disease? |
| − | |a3= | + | |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=When should pigs be euthanased if virus isolation is to be performed for diagnosis? | |
| − | | | + | |a4= During the acute phase of disease, less than 24h after the onset of diarrhoea. |
| − | + | |l4= Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea #Diagnosis | |
| − | | | + | |q5= What is an effective way of shortening the length of a disease outbreak on a farm using natural immunity? |
| − | | | + | |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 #Control |
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</FlashCard> | </FlashCard> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:30, 9 September 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 | |
| What are the usual clinical signs of disease? | Generally the disease is mild and mortality is low. The most common signs are watery diarrhoea and vomiting.
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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. This should not be done in sows close to farrowing as it can lead to abortions.
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Link to Article | |