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E. coli pyelonephritis in a pig carcass
0Samples 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…)

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E. coli septicemia in broiler carcasses
0A total of 11 and 52 broiler carcasses were condemned in two consecutive batches, coming from the same farm. All of them showed different combinations of the following lesions: fibrinous coelomitis, multifocal necrotizing hepatitis, nephritis and renal hemorrhages, pericarditis, pneumonia, cutaneous lesions, cellulitis, and arthritis. (more…)

The invisible zoonosis (I): Salmonella in pig meat
0Salmonella is a major foodborne pathogen worldwide. A total of 91,857 cases of salmonellosis were reported in the European Union during 2019 (EFSA 2019), of which 8,730 were registered in Spain. (more…)

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An (atypical) case of PDNS that set off the alarms
0Samples 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…)

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Hepatic abscesses in an adult bovine
0In a 37-month-old cattle carcass belonging to the brown Pyrenees breed, multiple nodules of 2 to 3 cm in diameter were observed in the liver, with a soft, yellowish content with purulent appearance. When removing the liver with the rest of the viscera, adhesions to the rumen were observed and an abscess with blackish fluid content ruptured. (more…)

Twenty years of porcine neoplasms
0SESC collaborating pathologists have compiled all the neoplasms diagnosed in Catalan pig slaughterhouse during the last 20 years. (more…)