Kidney (porcine)

E. coli pyelonephritis in a pig carcass

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20/07/2021

Samples of kidney from a porcine carcass were submitted from a hybrid male, 6 months old. The meat inspectors realized that besides the cortical lesion, showing whitish areas surrounded by a hemorrhagic halo, the renal pelvis was dilated. (more…)

An (atypical) case of PDNS that set off the alarms

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05/05/2021

Samples were submitted of a 6-month-old hybrid male pig carcass with widespread petechial haemorrhagic lesions of lymph nodes, skin, kidneys, spleen, and other viscera, as well as gallbladder oedema. (more…)

What is your diagnosis? (93)

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07/04/2021

At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis!  (more…)

What is your diagnosis? (71)

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01/04/2019

At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis! (more…)

Haemorrhages in a pig carcass: Don’t panic!

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20/12/2018
With the recent detection of cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in wild boars in Belgium, anyone can see that there is a certain risk of introduction of this disease into our territory. Also Classical Swine Fever (CSF) might be introduced. Therefore it is essential that all the actors involved in the pig sector are trained and alert. Two essential aspects for the control of these diseases are biosecurity and a good system of passive surveillance that ensures an early diagnosis.

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What is your diagnosis? (62)

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27/08/2018

At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis!

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What is your diagnosis? (61)

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22/08/2018

At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis! (more…)

Any given day in a porcine slaughterhouse

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16/07/2018

Last Friday, July the 6th we organized a practical workshop on lesion identification and description for porcine slaughterhouse official meat inspectors. To do this, we went to two pig slaughterhouses in Osona to collect condemned viscera. (more…)

Detection of swine fever lesions in slaughterhouses and game meat processing facilities

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02/05/2018

African swine fever (ASF) and classical swine fever (CSF) are two notifible viral diseases of domestic pig and wild boar that can cause high mortality in pig farms, and clinically presenting mainly fever and hemorrhages. (more…)

African Swine Fever lesions

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27/10/2014

The African Swine fever (ASF) virus is already present in Europe (see the post African swine fever, not only an African disease). Since there is a chance that the virus ends up reaching our latitudes, in this post, we wanted to review some of the typical lesions that that should elicit a suspect a case of ASF in the slaughterhouse. (more…)

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