• Visual guide to the recognition, description and interpretation of lesions of the digestive apparatus of pigs. Integrates macroscopic and microscopic findings associated with lesions that develop during the course of various pathological processes. Brief descriptions of the main anatomopathological features of each image are provided, which is essential for proper understanding of the disease process, diagnosis and underlying causes.

  • 1. Stomach

    Postmortem changes
    Lesions of continuity
    Erosions and ulcers
    Circulatory disorders
    Inflammation
    Tumours

    2. Intestine

    Postmortem changes
    Positional changes
    Alterations of the lumen
    Changes in content
    Emphysema
    Circulatory disorders
    Inflammation
    Acute catarrhal inflammation
    Haemorrhagic inflammation
    Fibrinous inflammation
    Necrotic inflammation
    Proliferative enteropathy
    Chronic nonproliferative inflammation
    Granulomatous inflammation
    Other forms of inflammation: cystic colitis
    Parasites

    3. Peritoneum

    Content alterations
    Hernias
    Inflammation
    Metabolic disorders
    Parasites

  • Serafín Gómez Cabrera

    Bachelor in Veterinary Science from the University of Cordoba and PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Murcia. After several years of professional experience in the private sector as a specialist in swine pathology, the author is currently Professor of Histology and Anatomical Pathology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Murcia, a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists, and a staff member of the Anatomical Pathology Service of the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Murcia.

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