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| An imported horse w a few days of fever, now developed headedema and severe perspiration. Which disease, pathogen and transmission route should be suspected? |
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AHS (african horse sickness)
Orbivirus
Culicoides imicola |
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| Name two species besisdes horses that contract AHS. |
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| How do we confirm a diagnosis of AHS? |
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Viral culture
PCR or ELISA (febrile stage only)1-2 weeks post time of infection. Since the incubationperiod is 3-14 days sampling can start as early as 10 days after the first symtoms appeared if the pat is still alive at that point... |
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| Where in the EU is ASF (african swine fever) not yet irradicated? |
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| Pigs w sudden onset of high fever, discoloured snouts and ears and diarrhéa. One pig died over night. Which disease should be suspected, what pathogen and how does it spread? |
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ASF (african swine fever)
Asfivirus
Orally usuallly through contaminated feed, immidiate contact, mechanically. In endemic areas it transmits from warthogs to farmanimals via ticks (ornithodorus spp.) and fecal matter. |
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| How often do you vaccinate a pig population vs ASF? |
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| You don't, there are to date no vaccines on the market that is safe or efficient enough to use in a non-endemic area. |
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| A pigfarm with mixed issues. The piglets exhibit signs like shaking, circlewalking and seisures. There are plenty of dead and dying piglets in the boxes. A quick necropsy shows no makroscopic lesions at all. The growth section act like they have the flu, fever, coughing, apathy, anorexia etc. The slaughter pigs have rhinitis and a lower grade fever, a few seem a bit lethargic. In the sow section there's been a few abotions but nothing dramatic. What do they have, pathogen and route of transmission? |
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Definition
AD
Herpesvirus
Snout to snout, aerosol. |
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