Diseases of Swine

Jeffrey J. Zimmerman, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, is Professor of Disease Ecology in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Locke Karriker, DVM, MS, DACVPM, is Associate Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine and Director of the Swine Medicine Education Center at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Alejandro Ramirez, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM, is Assistant Professor of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Kent J. Schwartz, DVM, MS, is Veterinary Diagnostician at the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. Gregory W Stevenson, DVM, PhD, DACVP, is Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Senior Diagnostic Veterinary Pathologist at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

List of Tables viii Contributing Authors xiii Editors' Note xxiii SECTION I VETERINARY PRACTICE 1 Herd Evaluation 5 2 Differential Diagnosis of Diseases 18 3 Behavior and Welfare 32 4 Longevity in Breeding Animals 50 5 Effect of the Environment on Health 60 6 Optimizing Diagnostic Value and Sample Collection 67 7 Diagnostic Tests, Test Performance, and Considerations for Interpretation 77 8 Analysis and Use of Diagnostic Data 94 9 Drug Pharmacology, Therapy, and Prophylaxis 106 10 Anesthesia and Surgical Procedures in Swine 119 11 Disease Transmission and Biosecurity 141 12 Preharvest Food Safety, 13 Special Considerations for Show and Pet Pigs 179 SECTION II BODY SYSTEMS 14 Cardiovascular and Hematopoietic Systems 189 15 Digestive System 199 16 Immune System 227 17 Integumentary System: Skin, Hoof, and Claw 251 18 Mammary System 270 19 Nervous and Locomotor Systems 294 20 Diseases of the Reproductive System 329 21 Respiratory System 348 22 Urinary System 363 SECTION III VIRAL DISEASES 23 Overview of Viruses 383 24 Porcine Adenoviruses 392 25 African Swine Fever Virus 396 26 Porcine Circoviruses 405 27 Porcine Anelloviruses 418 28 Herpesviruses 421 29 Porcine Parvovirus 447 30 Swinepox Virus 456 31 Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (Porcine Arterivirus) 461 32 Porcine Astroviruses 487 33 Bunyaviruses 490 34 Porcine Caliciviruses 493 35 Coronaviruses 501 36 Filovirus 525 37 Flaviviruses 528 38 Pestiviruses 538 39 Hepatitis E Virus 554 40 Influenza Virus 557 41 Paramyxoviruses 572 42 Picornaviruses 587 43 Reoviruses (Rotaviruses and Reoviruses) 621 44 Retroviruses 635 45 Rhabdoviruses 639 46 Togaviruses 644 SECTION IV BACTERIAL DISEASES 47 Overview of Bacteria 649 48 Actinobacillosis 653 49 Bordetellosis 670 50 Brachyspiral Colitis 680 51 Brucellosis 697 52 Clostridiosis 709 53 Colibacillosis 723 54 Erysipelas 750 55 Glasser s Disease 760 56 Leptospirosis 770 57 Mycoplasmosis 779 58 Pasteurellosis 798 59 Proliferative Enteropathy 811 60 Salmonellosis 821 61 Staphylococcosis 834 62 Streptococcosis 841 63 Tuberculosis 856 64 Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections 866 SECTION V PARASITIC DISEASES 65 External Parasites 885 66 Coccidia and Other Protozoa 895 67 Internal Parasites: Helminths 908 SECTION VI NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES 68 Nutrient Deficiencies and Excesses 923 69 Mycotoxins in Grains and Feeds 938 70 Toxic Minerals, Chemicals, Plants, and Gases 953 Index 968