Outbreak of hemorrhagic dysentery in swine

Authors

  • Anna Maria Baptista
  • Manoel Pimentel Neto
  • Jerome Langenegger

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1972.v7.17453

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.

How to Cite

Baptista, A. M., Pimentel Neto, M., & Langenegger, J. (2014). Outbreak of hemorrhagic dysentery in swine. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 7(5), 27–30. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1972.v7.17453