Swine erysipelas
Factsheet Number: 1223 Edition: First edition Released/reviewed: Jun 2012
Swine erysipelas is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae seen mainly in growing pigs and characterised clinically by sudden death, fever, skin lesions, and arthritis. The fever can induce abortion in pregnant gilts and sows.
While there are twenty five recognised serovars of Erysipelothrix (1-25), the organisms may vary in their ability to cause disease (virulence) both between serovars and within a serovar. Most cases of disease in Australian pigs are associated with serovars 1 and 2.
Topics include:
- Clinical signs
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prevention
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