Outbreak of hemorrhagic dysentery in swine

Abstract

An outbreak of hemorrhagic dysentery in two to four months old pigs is described. Approximately 20 percent of a herd of 1500 pigs were affected. Clinically observations were: a bloody diarrhea, slightly elevated temperature and partial loss of appetite. Postmortem examination revealed severe hemorrhagic colitis and typhlitis. Vibrio coli was isolated from the intestinal contents. The heavy infection of the sows by Oesophagostomum dentatum during the nursing period suggested that the parasitosis possibly had been a causal factor for the hemorrhagic dysentery observed in the young pigs.