Table 9 Overview of diagnoses grouped according to organ system/tissue
From: Lesions and pathogens found in pigs that died during the nursery period in five Danish farms
Organ/tissue | Lesions |
|---|---|
Skin | Ulcerations on the ears, tail, limbs, body, head, and umbilical outpouchings |
Respiratory tract | Rhinitis, pleuritis, bronchopneumonia, embolic pneumonia, interstitial pneumonia, lung oedema and other lesions such as hemorrhage, hyperemia, intravital atelectasis, bronchitis and hyperleukocytosis |
Stomach | Ulceration, erosion, hyperemia, hyperkeratosis (non-glandular part) |
Joint | Arthritis, synovial proliferation, arthrosis, hemorrhage, and hyperemia |
Intestine | Enteritis, typhlitis and colitis further characterized as necrotizing and/or proliferative |
Urinary tract | Glomerulonephritis, focal and embolic nephritis, interstitial nephritis, pyelonephritis, hydronephrosis, cysts, renal hemorrhage, cystitis, hydroureter, urethral inflammation |
Peritoneum | Peritonitis |
Liver | Hepatitis, perihepatitis, traumatic rupture/hemorrhage, congestive hepatopathy |
Heart | Endo-, epi-, myo- and pericarditis, and endocardiosis |
Subcutis | Subcutaneous oedema |
Umbilicus | Omphalitis, abscess, or fibrosis in the umbilical area, hernias, eventrations and enterocystoma |
Bulla tympani | Otitis media |
Brain and meninges | Hydrocephalus, meningitis |
Bone | Osteomyelitis, fractures, neoplasia, kyphosis/lordosis |
Other | Serous fat atrophy, skin abscess, lesions in the tongue, spleen, reproductive system, and skeletal muscle |