Com

mon

4-H

Pig

H

ealt

h Is

sues

Am

y L.

Woo

ds, D

VMRe

nsse

laer

Swi

ne S

ervi

ces,

P.C

.Re

nsse

laer

, IN

Inte

rnal

Par

asit

es!

Roun

dwor

ms

!W

hipw

orm

s!

Nod

ular

wor

ms

!St

omac

h wo

rms

!Lu

ng w

orm

s!

Kidn

ey w

orm

s!

Thre

adwo

rms

Roun

dwor

ms

!M

ost

com

mon

inte

rnal

par

asit

e of

swi

ne!

Larg

e, w

hite

, rou

nd w

orm

s th

at a

re ~

8�

long

!Co

mpe

te f

or n

utri

ents

fro

m t

he p

ig in

th

e sm

all i

ntes

tine

!Fe

mal

es la

y up

to

1,00

0,00

0 eg

gs p

er d

ay!

Eggs

are

sti

cky

and

hard

to

get

rid

of in

th

e en

viro

nmen

t!

Eggs

sur

vive

in t

he e

nvir

onm

ent

for

year

s

Roun

dwor

ms

!Li

fe c

ycle

!Eg

gs a

re s

hed

in f

eces

(can

sur

vive

for

yea

rs in

soi

l)!

Eggs

req

uire

s 2

week

s to

bec

ome

infe

ctiv

e!

Eggs

inge

sted

by

pig

!Eg

gs h

atch

in g

ut!

Larv

ae t

rave

l thr

ough

gut

muc

osa

and

bloo

d st

ream

to

liver

(liv

er m

igra

tion

leav

es s

carr

ing

�m

ilk s

pots

)!

Larv

ae t

rave

l thr

ough

blo

odst

ream

to

lung

s!

Mig

rate

up

trac

hea

(cou

ghed

up)

and

res

wallo

wed

to

get

back

into

gut

!M

atur

e to

adu

lt s

tage

in s

mal

l int

esti

ne

Roun

dwor

m L

ife

Cycl

e

Live

r M

ilk S

pots

Whi

pwor

ms

!A

noth

er im

port

ant

worm

!Sm

all (

~2�)

, whi

tish

wor

ms

that

are

sh

aped

like

a w

hip

and

live

in t

he c

ecum

!A

dult

s bu

rrow

into

the

wal

l of

the

cecu

man

d la

rge

inte

stin

e, d

amag

ing

the

gut

!Re

sult

s in

a b

lood

y sc

our

!Eg

gs s

urvi

ve in

the

en

viro

nmen

t fo

r ye

ars

Whi

pwor

m L

ife

Cycl

e

Dew

orm

ers

Whe

n To

Dew

orm

!W

hen

clin

ical

sig

ns a

re s

een

!Co

ughi

ng!

Wei

ght

loss

!Sc

our

!Ev

ery

6-8

week

on

heav

ily in

fect

ed lo

ts!

Can

mon

itor

wit

h fe

cal e

xam

s

Exte

rnal

Par

asit

es!

Man

ge!

Mit

es b

urro

w un

der

the

skin

!Ca

uses

sev

ere

skin

irri

tati

on

and

itch

ing

!It

chin

g re

sult

s in

hai

r lo

ss!

Smal

l, re

d bu

mps

on

the

skin

�pa

rtic

ular

ly

betw

een

the

legs

, on

the

neck

/jow

l are

a an

d in

side

th

e ea

rs

Exte

rnal

Par

asit

es!

Lice

!Si

mila

r cl

inic

al s

igns

as

man

ge!

Itch

y pi

gs!

Can

actu

ally

see

lice

on

the

pigs

!Li

ke m

ange

, lic

e ar

e ho

st s

peci

fic

and

are

norm

ally

tra

nsm

itte

d fr

om p

ig t

o pi

g

Lice

and

Man

ge T

reat

men

t!

Iver

mec

tin

is t

he m

ost

com

mon

tr

eatm

ent

!In

ject

able

or

feed

gra

de!

Als

o ef

fect

ive

for

inte

rnal

par

asit

es

!Po

ur-o

nsal

so a

vaila

ble

Resp

irat

ory

Prob

lem

s!

Vira

l!

PRRS

!SI

V!

PCV2

!Ba

cter

ial

!Pa

steu

rella

mul

toci

da!

Bord

etel

la!

APP

!H

PS!

Myc

opla

sma

Clin

ical

Sig

ns!

Coug

h!

Thum

ping

!Le

thar

gy!

Off

-fee

d!

Feve

r (>

104o

F)

Risk

Fac

tors

!M

ixin

g pi

gs f

rom

dif

fere

nt s

ourc

es!

Chan

ge in

env

iron

men

t!

Cold

wea

ther

wit

h in

adeq

uate

bed

ding

!Ex

posu

re t

o ot

her

pigs

at

show

s

Prev

enti

on!

Buy

pigs

fro

m a

sin

gle

sour

ce!

Med

icat

e pi

gs w

hen

mix

ing

from

di

ffer

ent

sour

ces

!Va

ccin

atio

n!

Good

hus

band

ry

Trea

tmen

t!

Cons

ult

your

vet

erin

aria

n!

Ant

ibio

tics

for

bac

teri

al p

neum

onia

s an

d fo

r se

cond

ary

bact

eria

l com

pone

nts

to

vira

l pne

umon

ias

!A

spir

in a

nd/o

r Ba

nam

ine-

S fo

r fe

vers

Erys

ipel

as!

A s

yste

mic

dis

ease

m

ore

com

mon

in

sum

mer

mon

ths

!Cl

assi

c di

amon

d-sh

aped

re

d le

sion

s on

ski

n!

Swol

len

join

ts,

lam

enes

s!

Trea

t wi

th p

enic

illin

!Pr

even

t wi

th v

acci

nes

Ilei

tis

!Co

mm

on in

gro

w-fi

nish

pig

s!

Loos

e st

ools

wit

h un

dige

sted

fee

d,

gaun

tnes

s!

Acu

te f

orm

can

be

loos

e,

bloo

dy s

tool

s

Ilei

tis

!Tr

eat/

Cont

rol w

ith

Tyla

n, L

inco

or

Den

agar

d!

Vacc

ine

avai

labl

e, b

ut n

ot c

omm

only

use

d in

clu

b pi

gs

Swol

len

Join

ts/L

amen

ess

!Jo

int

infe

ctio

ns!

Stre

p. s

uis,

HPS

, Ery

sipe

las

!Tr

aum

a/in

jury

!D

egen

erat

ive

Join

t D

isea

se/

Ost

eoar

thri

tis

Gast

ric

Ulc

ers

!U

lcer

s ve

ry c

omm

on in

pig

s!

If s

ever

e en

ough

, will

ero

de t

hrou

gh t

he

linin

g of

the

sto

mac

h an

d pi

g wi

ll bl

eed

out

into

the

sto

mac

h!

Pale

ski

nned

!D

ark,

tar

ry f

eces

(d

iges

ted

bloo

d)

Gast

ric

Ulc

ers

!Ca

uses

!O

ften

init

iate

d by

goi

ng o

ff-f

eed

!In

cide

nce

may

be

high

er w

ith

pelle

ted

feed

!O

nce

ulce

r st

arts

, aci

d in

sto

mac

h co

ntin

ues

to e

rode

the

sto

mac

h lin

ing

!Tr

eatm

ent

!N

ot v

ery

effe

ctiv

e!

Feed

eas

ily d

iges

tibl

e fe

edst

uffs

(oat

s,

alfa

lfa

mea

l, gr

ass)

!Ta

gam

et?

Rect

al P

rola

pses

!A

por

tion

of

the

insi

de o

f th

e re

ctum

in

vert

s an

d pr

otru

des

outs

ide

of t

he

anus

!Pr

edis

posi

tion

s m

ay in

clud

e co

ughi

ng,

scou

rs, c

old

(pili

ng)

!Ca

n be

fix

ed w

ith

a re

ctal

tub

e or

sur

gica

lly �

call

your

ve

teri

nari

an

Dis

ease

Pre

vent

ion/

Bios

ecur

ity

!A

goo

d di

seas

e pr

even

tion

boo

klet

can

be

foun

d on

Ohi

o St

ate�

s we

bsit

e:!

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