List Of Contributors
Editors’ Note
List of Tables
List of Figures
Section I. Veterinary Practice
01Evidence-Based Practice of Swine Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine, Causation, Pig Flow, Diagnosis, Field Investigation, Case Management,
5 Circles.
02The Healthy Pig
Reference Interval, Healthy Pig, Reference Population, Swine Health, Physiologic Parameters.
03Behavior and Welfare
Definitions of welfare, normal vs abnormal behaviors, maternal behaviors,
minimizing welfare impact of invasive procedures, feeding and drinking behaviors, human interactions, behavior responses due to disease, recognizing pain. Update current and add advancements in objective measures of pain.
04Effect of Genetics on Health
Genetic selection, heritability, resistance, phenotype, gene, trait.
05Facilities and Environment
Evaluation of the environment, recommended air temperatures, minimum
ventilation rates, space recommendations, feeder space recommendations. Thorough recondition and update of chapter including water intake trends, feeder styles and space, pitfalls of automation, assessment of environment and environmental controls.
06 Effect of Nutrition on Health
Nutrient requirements, body condition, energy requirements, vitamins, feeding programs, weaning transition, water quality, alternative feedstuffs, feedstuff processing, alternative feed programs.
07Tools and Techniques of Practice
Necropsy, cerebrospinal fluid, joint sample, euthanasia, colostrum, urine, feed sampling.
08Overview of the Diagnostic Process, Diagnostic Tests, and Interpretation
How diagnostic tests are performed, advantages, and disadvantages. PCR testing considerations including quantitative interpretation. Appropriate uses of genetic sequencing. Descriptions of metagenomics technology. Sources of variation in test results, screening versus confirmatory tests, test cutoff values, appropriate applications of advanced sequencing technologies.
09Infectious Disease Surveillance in Swine Populations
Sensitivity and specificity, testing in series or parallel, selecting appropriate sample size, establishing baselines, evaluating interventions, statistical process control, value of monitoring industry concentration points.
10Biosecurity, Disease Control, and Elimination
Biological risk management, principles of biosecurity, biocontainment, bioexclusion, outbreak investigation, biosecurity benchmarks, disease transmission via feed, feral pig risks, transitional market and show pig risks to industry.
11Anesthesia and Surgical Procedures in Swine
Catheterization techniques, IV fluid therapy, epidural injection, anesthetic drug combinations, and reversal agents. Surgical procedures including castration, correction of prolapses, cystostomy procedures, cesarean section, fracture repair, tusk removal, abdominal and musculoskeletal procedures.
12Drug Pharmacology and Treatment Management
Considerations for treatment, swine specific pharmacokinetics, residue avoidance, withdrawal management, establishing treatment regimens, impact of drug treatment on immunity, parasiticides, bacteriophages, probiotics, hormones, anti-inflammatory drugs, antimicrobial stewardship, drug toxicities, interpreting in vitro SIR interpretations, clinical parameters suggesting efficacy, pig treatment implications of antibiotic resistance.
13Veterinarian, Consumer, and Public Health
Safety, foodborne illness, physical hazards, antimicrobial resistance, chemical hazards,
Agrotourism.
Section II. Body Systems
14Cardiovascular and Hematopoietic Systems
Anatomy, pathophysiology, mulberry heart disease, anemia, shock, clinical pathology.
15Digestive System
Interactions of flora, nutrition, immune system; anatomy, pathophysiology, gastric ulcers, hemorrhagic bowel syndrome, prolapses, hernias.
16Immune System
Innate and adaptive immunity; cellular, humoral, mucosal and passive immune mechanisms, stress, nutrition, immunosuppression, vaccination. Lactogenic immunity (humoral and CMI).
17Integumentary System – Skin, Hoof, and Claw
Pathophysiology of skin, infectious conditions, ear necrosis, porcine dermatopathy and nephropathy syndrome; pathophysiology of coronary band, foot and claw; traumatic and nutritional contributors to foot and claw lesions.
18Mammary System
Structure and development, physiology of lactation, physiology of maternal immunity, pathophysiology of lactation dysfunction, mastitis, dysgalactia, and risk factors.
19Nervous and Locomotor System
Pathophysiology of nervous system, muscle, bone, joint and eye; congenital abnormalities, splayleg, congenital tremor, myopathy, porcine stress syndrome, arthritis, metabolic bone disease, rickets, osteochondrosis.
20Reproductive System
Control of estrus, pregnancy, and parturition; pregnancy diagnosis, dystocia, prolapse, discharge, male reproductive function and semen quality; laboratory investigation of abortion and reproductive failure.
21Respiratory System
Anatomy, structure, function; nasopharynx (including tonsil) and commonly found common flora, pathophysiology.
22Urinary System
Anatomy, structure, function (especially excretion of calcium, pathophysiology.
Section III. Viral Diseases
23Overview of Viruses
General characteristics of viruses, virus taxonomy, detection and characterization of viruses.
24African Swine Fever Virus
African swine fever, African swine fever virus, viral hemorrhagic fever, domestic pigs, wild suids, pandemic, vaccine.
25Astrovirus
Astrovirus, mamastrovirus, porcine astrovirus, swine, diarrhea, meningoencephalomyelitis, paralysis.
26Caliciviruses
Porcine noroviruses, porcine sapoviruses, St-Valérien virus, vesicular exanthema of swine virus.
27Circoviruses
Porcine circoviruses, PCV1, PCV2, PCV3, PCV4, postweaning, reproductive, porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome, PCV2 vaccines.
28Coronaviruses
Hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus, Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, Porcine respiratory coronavirus, Porcine torovirus, Transmissible gastroenteritis virus, porcine delta coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
29Filoviruses
Reston ebolavirus, Zaire ebolavirus.
30Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Other Orthoflaviviruses
Japanese encephalitis virus, Murray Valley encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, others.
31Herpesviruses
Malignant catarrhal fever (ovine herpesvirus 2), porcine cytomegalovirus, porcine lymphotropic herpesviruses, pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease).
32Influenza Viruses
Swine, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, vaccines.
33Paramyxoviruses
Menangle virus, Nipah virus, porcine parainfluenza virus 1, porcine rubulavirus (blue eye paramyxovirus), other paramyxoviruses (Sendai virus, porcine morbillivirus).
34Parvovirus
Porcine parvoviruses, canine parvovirus 2.
35Pestiviruses
Atypical porcine pestivirus, border disease virus, bovine disease virus, Bungowannah virus, Classical swine fever virus.
36Picornaviruses
Encephalomyocarditis virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, porcine enteroviruses, porcine kobuvirus, porcine sapelovirus, porcine teschovirus, Seneca valley virus, swine vesicular diseasevirus.
37Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)
Betaarterivirus, PRRS, PRRSV, acute infection, persistent infection, reproductive disorder, respiratory disease, immune suppression, vaccination, CD163.
38Rotaviruses and Reoviruses
Porcine rotavirus, Porcine reovirus.
39Rhabdoviruses
Rabies virus, vesicular stomatitis viruses.
40Swinepox Virus
Pig, swinepox, swinepox virus, SWPV, skin lesion, pig louse, inclusion body, genetic diversity.
41Miscellaneous Viral Infections
Adenoviruses, anelloviruses, bunyaviruses, hepatitis E virus, retroviruses, togaviruses, nodavirus.
Section IV. Bacterial Diseases
42Overview of Bacteria and Microbiota
Characteristics of genera, disease mechanisms, table of bacterial diseases, issues in the development of bacterial disease (normal flora, biofilms, dysbacteriosis), and understanding microbial census data.
43Actinobacillus spp.
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae - pleuropneumonia; Actinobacillus suis - septicemia, pleuropneumonia; Actinobacillus equuli - septicemia.
44Bordetella
Bordetella bronchiseptica - Non-progressive atrophic rhinitis, bronchopneumonia.
45Brachyspira spp.
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, hampsonii, suanatina - swine dysentery, Brachyspira pilosicoli - intestinal (colonic) spirochetosis, Brachyspira intermedia, murdochii - occasional colitis.
46Brucella
Brucella suis - Infertility, abortion, perinatal mortality.
47Clostridia
Clostridium perfringens type C – necrohemorrhagic enteritis, Clostridium perfringens type A - enteritis, Clostridioides difficile - necrotizing colitis, Clostridium septicum, perfringens type A, novyi, chauvoei - cellulitis and gas gangrene, Clostridiium tetani - tetanus, Clostridiium botulinum - botulism.
48Erysipelothrix spp.
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, tonsillarum - septicemia, arthritis, endocarditis.
49Escherichia
Neonatal E. coli diarrhea, postweaning E. coli diarrhea and edema disease, E. coli causing fatal shock, systemic E. coli infections, coliform mastitis, nonspecific urinary tract.
50Glaesserella
Glaesserella parasuis - fibrinous polyserositis and arthritis.
51Lawsonia
Lawsonia intracellularis - porcine proliferative enteropathy, proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy.
52Leptospira
Leptospira spp. serovars Pomona, Kennewicki, Bratislava, Muenchen, Tarassovi, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo, others - abortion and stillbirths.
53Mycoplasmataceae
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae - pneumonia; Mycoplasma hyorhinis - polyserositis, arthritis; Mycoplasma hyosynoviae - arthritis; Mycoplasma (Eperythrozoon) suis - anemia; other mycoplasmas - mostly non-pathogenic.
54Pasteurella
Pasteurella multocida - progressive atrophic rhinitis, pneumonia, septicemia.
55Salmonella
Salmonella Choleraesuis var. kunzendorf - septicemia, enterocolitis; Salmonella Typhimurium, Heidelberg, Typhisuis - enterocolitis; Salmonella Dublin, Enteriditis - meningitis.
56Staphylococcus spp.
Staphylococcus hyicus - exudative epidermitis; Staphyloccocus aureus – skin infections, mastitis, others.
57Streptococcus spp.
Streptococcus suis - septicemia, meningitis, others; Streptococcus porcinus – cervical lymphadenitis; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis - arthritis; Other streptococci – various conditions; Enterococcus durans and hirae - diarrhea.
58Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections
Actinobaculum (Eubacterium) suis - cystitis, pyelonephritis; Arcanobacterium pyogenes - pyogenic sepsis; Bacillus anthracis - anthrax ; Burkholderia pseudomallei - melioidosis ; Campylobacter spp. - enterocolitis; Chlamydia - enteritis, pneumonia, abortion, etc.; Listeria monocytogenes - septicemia, encephalitis, abortion; Rhodococcus equi - granulomatous lymphadenitis; Treponema pedis - ear necrosis, other skin lesions; Yersinia spp. - enterocolitis.
Section V. Parasitic Diseases
59External Parasites
Mange (Sarcoptes, Demodex), lice, fleas, mosquitoes, flies (myiasis), ticks.
60Coccidia and Other Protozoa
Coccidia (Isospora, Eimeria), Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, microsporidia (Entercytozoon, Encephalitozoon), Balantidium coli, Entamoeba.
61Internal Parasites: Helminths
Nematodes - Gongylonema, Hyostrongylus, Strongyloides, Ascaris, Trichinella, Trichuris, Oesophagostomum, Metastrongylus, Paragonimus, Stephanurus and others; Cestodes - Echinococcus, Taenia, and others; parasiticides.
Section VI. Non-Infectious Diseases
62Nutrient Deficiencies and Excesses
Factors contributing to nutritional diseases, clinical signs, investigation.
63Mycotoxins in Grains and Feeds
Aflatoxin, ochratoxin, citrinin, trichothecenes (T2 toxin, DON), zearalenone, and fumonisins.
64Toxic Minerals, Chemicals, Plants, and Gases
Minerals, feed additives, pesticides, toxic plants, nitrite, effects of water quality, toxic gases and ventilation failure.
Index
List Of Contributors
Editors’ Note
List of Tables
List of Figures
Section I. Veterinary Practice
01Evidence-Based Practice of Swine Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine, Causation, Pig Flow, Diagnosis, Field Investigation, Case Management,
5 Circles.
02The Healthy Pig
Reference Interval, Healthy Pig, Reference Population, Swine Health, Physiologic Parameters.
03Behavior and Welfare
Definitions of welfare, normal vs abnormal behaviors, maternal behaviors,
minimizing welfare impact of invasive procedures, feeding and drinking behaviors, human interactions, behavior responses due to disease, recognizing pain. Update current and add advancements in objective measures of pain.
04Effect of Genetics on Health
Genetic selection, heritability, resistance, phenotype, gene, trait.
05Facilities and Environment
Evaluation of the environment, recommended air temperatures, minimum
ventilation rates, space recommendations, feeder space recommendations. Thorough recondition and update of chapter including water intake trends, feeder styles and space, pitfalls of automation, assessment of environment and environmental controls.
06 Effect of Nutrition on Health
Nutrient requirements, body condition, energy requirements, vitamins, feeding programs, weaning transition, water quality, alternative feedstuffs, feedstuff processing, alternative feed programs.
07Tools and Techniques of Practice
Necropsy, cerebrospinal fluid, joint sample, euthanasia, colostrum, urine, feed sampling.
08Overview of the Diagnostic Process, Diagnostic Tests, and Interpretation
How diagnostic tests are performed, advantages, and disadvantages. PCR testing considerations including quantitative interpretation. Appropriate uses of genetic sequencing. Descriptions of metagenomics technology. Sources of variation in test results, screening versus confirmatory tests, test cutoff values, appropriate applications of advanced sequencing technologies.
09Infectious Disease Surveillance in Swine Populations
Sensitivity and specificity, testing in series or parallel, selecting appropriate sample size, establishing baselines, evaluating interventions, statistical process control, value of monitoring industry concentration points.
10Biosecurity, Disease Control, and Elimination
Biological risk management, principles of biosecurity, biocontainment, bioexclusion, outbreak investigation, biosecurity benchmarks, disease transmission via feed, feral pig risks, transitional market and show pig risks to industry.
11Anesthesia and Surgical Procedures in Swine
Catheterization techniques, IV fluid therapy, epidural injection, anesthetic drug combinations, and reversal agents. Surgical procedures including castration, correction of prolapses, cystostomy procedures, cesarean section, fracture repair, tusk removal, abdominal and musculoskeletal procedures.
12Drug Pharmacology and Treatment Management
Considerations for treatment, swine specific pharmacokinetics, residue avoidance, withdrawal management, establishing treatment regimens, impact of drug treatment on immunity, parasiticides, bacteriophages, probiotics, hormones, anti-inflammatory drugs, antimicrobial stewardship, drug toxicities, interpreting in vitro SIR interpretations, clinical parameters suggesting efficacy, pig treatment implications of antibiotic resistance.
13Veterinarian, Consumer, and Public Health
Safety, foodborne illness, physical hazards, antimicrobial resistance, chemical hazards,
Agrotourism.
Section II. Body Systems
14Cardiovascular and Hematopoietic Systems
Anatomy, pathophysiology, mulberry heart disease, anemia, shock, clinical pathology.
15Digestive System
Interactions of flora, nutrition, immune system; anatomy, pathophysiology, gastric ulcers, hemorrhagic bowel syndrome, prolapses, hernias.
16Immune System
Innate and adaptive immunity; cellular, humoral, mucosal and passive immune mechanisms, stress, nutrition, immunosuppression, vaccination. Lactogenic immunity (humoral and CMI).
17Integumentary System – Skin, Hoof, and Claw
Pathophysiology of skin, infectious conditions, ear necrosis, porcine dermatopathy and nephropathy syndrome; pathophysiology of coronary band, foot and claw; traumatic and nutritional contributors to foot and claw lesions.
18Mammary System
Structure and development, physiology of lactation, physiology of maternal immunity, pathophysiology of lactation dysfunction, mastitis, dysgalactia, and risk factors.
19Nervous and Locomotor System
Pathophysiology of nervous system, muscle, bone, joint and eye; congenital abnormalities, splayleg, congenital tremor, myopathy, porcine stress syndrome, arthritis, metabolic bone disease, rickets, osteochondrosis.
20Reproductive System
Control of estrus, pregnancy, and parturition; pregnancy diagnosis, dystocia, prolapse, discharge, male reproductive function and semen quality; laboratory investigation of abortion and reproductive failure.
21Respiratory System
Anatomy, structure, function; nasopharynx (including tonsil) and commonly found common flora, pathophysiology.
22Urinary System
Anatomy, structure, function (especially excretion of calcium, pathophysiology.
Section III. Viral Diseases
23Overview of Viruses
General characteristics of viruses, virus taxonomy, detection and characterization of viruses.
24African Swine Fever Virus
African swine fever, African swine fever virus, viral hemorrhagic fever, domestic pigs, wild suids, pandemic, vaccine.
25Astrovirus
Astrovirus, mamastrovirus, porcine astrovirus, swine, diarrhea, meningoencephalomyelitis, paralysis.
26Caliciviruses
Porcine noroviruses, porcine sapoviruses, St-Valérien virus, vesicular exanthema of swine virus.
27Circoviruses
Porcine circoviruses, PCV1, PCV2, PCV3, PCV4, postweaning, reproductive, porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome, PCV2 vaccines.
28Coronaviruses
Hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus, Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, Porcine respiratory coronavirus, Porcine torovirus, Transmissible gastroenteritis virus, porcine delta coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
29Filoviruses
Reston ebolavirus, Zaire ebolavirus.
30Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Other Orthoflaviviruses
Japanese encephalitis virus, Murray Valley encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, others.
31Herpesviruses
Malignant catarrhal fever (ovine herpesvirus 2), porcine cytomegalovirus, porcine lymphotropic herpesviruses, pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease).
32Influenza Viruses
Swine, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, vaccines.
33Paramyxoviruses
Menangle virus, Nipah virus, porcine parainfluenza virus 1, porcine rubulavirus (blue eye paramyxovirus), other paramyxoviruses (Sendai virus, porcine morbillivirus).
34Parvovirus
Porcine parvoviruses, canine parvovirus 2.
35Pestiviruses
Atypical porcine pestivirus, border disease virus, bovine disease virus, Bungowannah virus, Classical swine fever virus.
36Picornaviruses
Encephalomyocarditis virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, porcine enteroviruses, porcine kobuvirus, porcine sapelovirus, porcine teschovirus, Seneca valley virus, swine vesicular diseasevirus.
37Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)
Betaarterivirus, PRRS, PRRSV, acute infection, persistent infection, reproductive disorder, respiratory disease, immune suppression, vaccination, CD163.
38Rotaviruses and Reoviruses
Porcine rotavirus, Porcine reovirus.
39Rhabdoviruses
Rabies virus, vesicular stomatitis viruses.
40Swinepox Virus
Pig, swinepox, swinepox virus, SWPV, skin lesion, pig louse, inclusion body, genetic diversity.
41Miscellaneous Viral Infections
Adenoviruses, anelloviruses, bunyaviruses, hepatitis E virus, retroviruses, togaviruses, nodavirus.
Section IV. Bacterial Diseases
42Overview of Bacteria and Microbiota
Characteristics of genera, disease mechanisms, table of bacterial diseases, issues in the development of bacterial disease (normal flora, biofilms, dysbacteriosis), and understanding microbial census data.
43Actinobacillus spp.
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae - pleuropneumonia; Actinobacillus suis - septicemia, pleuropneumonia; Actinobacillus equuli - septicemia.
44Bordetella
Bordetella bronchiseptica - Non-progressive atrophic rhinitis, bronchopneumonia.
45Brachyspira spp.
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, hampsonii, suanatina - swine dysentery, Brachyspira pilosicoli - intestinal (colonic) spirochetosis, Brachyspira intermedia, murdochii - occasional colitis.
46Brucella
Brucella suis - Infertility, abortion, perinatal mortality.
47Clostridia
Clostridium perfringens type C – necrohemorrhagic enteritis, Clostridium perfringens type A - enteritis, Clostridioides difficile - necrotizing colitis, Clostridium septicum, perfringens type A, novyi, chauvoei - cellulitis and gas gangrene, Clostridiium tetani - tetanus, Clostridiium botulinum - botulism.
48Erysipelothrix spp.
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, tonsillarum - septicemia, arthritis, endocarditis.
49Escherichia
Neonatal E. coli diarrhea, postweaning E. coli diarrhea and edema disease, E. coli causing fatal shock, systemic E. coli infections, coliform mastitis, nonspecific urinary tract.
50Glaesserella
Glaesserella parasuis - fibrinous polyserositis and arthritis.
51Lawsonia
Lawsonia intracellularis - porcine proliferative enteropathy, proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy.
52Leptospira
Leptospira spp. serovars Pomona, Kennewicki, Bratislava, Muenchen, Tarassovi, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo, others - abortion and stillbirths.
53Mycoplasmataceae
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae - pneumonia; Mycoplasma hyorhinis - polyserositis, arthritis; Mycoplasma hyosynoviae - arthritis; Mycoplasma (Eperythrozoon) suis - anemia; other mycoplasmas - mostly non-pathogenic.
54Pasteurella
Pasteurella multocida - progressive atrophic rhinitis, pneumonia, septicemia.
55Salmonella
Salmonella Choleraesuis var. kunzendorf - septicemia, enterocolitis; Salmonella Typhimurium, Heidelberg, Typhisuis - enterocolitis; Salmonella Dublin, Enteriditis - meningitis.
56Staphylococcus spp.
Staphylococcus hyicus - exudative epidermitis; Staphyloccocus aureus – skin infections, mastitis, others.
57Streptococcus spp.
Streptococcus suis - septicemia, meningitis, others; Streptococcus porcinus – cervical lymphadenitis; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis - arthritis; Other streptococci – various conditions; Enterococcus durans and hirae - diarrhea.
58Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections
Actinobaculum (Eubacterium) suis - cystitis, pyelonephritis; Arcanobacterium pyogenes - pyogenic sepsis; Bacillus anthracis - anthrax ; Burkholderia pseudomallei - melioidosis ; Campylobacter spp. - enterocolitis; Chlamydia - enteritis, pneumonia, abortion, etc.; Listeria monocytogenes - septicemia, encephalitis, abortion; Rhodococcus equi - granulomatous lymphadenitis; Treponema pedis - ear necrosis, other skin lesions; Yersinia spp. - enterocolitis.
Section V. Parasitic Diseases
59External Parasites
Mange (Sarcoptes, Demodex), lice, fleas, mosquitoes, flies (myiasis), ticks.
60Coccidia and Other Protozoa
Coccidia (Isospora, Eimeria), Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, microsporidia (Entercytozoon, Encephalitozoon), Balantidium coli, Entamoeba.
61Internal Parasites: Helminths
Nematodes - Gongylonema, Hyostrongylus, Strongyloides, Ascaris, Trichinella, Trichuris, Oesophagostomum, Metastrongylus, Paragonimus, Stephanurus and others; Cestodes - Echinococcus, Taenia, and others; parasiticides.
Section VI. Non-Infectious Diseases
62Nutrient Deficiencies and Excesses
Factors contributing to nutritional diseases, clinical signs, investigation.
63Mycotoxins in Grains and Feeds
Aflatoxin, ochratoxin, citrinin, trichothecenes (T2 toxin, DON), zearalenone, and fumonisins.
64Toxic Minerals, Chemicals, Plants, and Gases
Minerals, feed additives, pesticides, toxic plants, nitrite, effects of water quality, toxic gases and ventilation failure.
Index