Diamond-shaped skin lesions - Atlas of swine pathology

Diamond-shaped skin lesions

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Possible causes: Erysipela

Lesions caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a case of erysipelas. The cutaneous form of the disease is usually associated with acute episodes, with very characteristic diamond-shaped (rhomboidal) lesions spread throughout the body. Despite having been vaccinated, this sow showed clinical disease, with high fever and abortion. Sows and fattening pigs are the most sensitive population on farms.

The chronic form of the disease does not present with cutaneous manifestations, and it is associated with endocarditis or arthritis —also seen in streptococcal infections—, Glasser disease and mycoplasmosis (M. hyorhinisy, M. hyosinoviae).

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Disease

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Clostridium difficile

Clostridium novyi

Clostridium perfringens

Mycoplasma suis

Actinobacillosis

Anthrax

Atrophic Rhinitis

Bordetelosis

Brucellosis

Colibacillosis

Colitis

Edema disease

Enzootic Pneumonia (EP)

Erysipela

Exudative Epidermitis

Glässer disease

Ileitis

Leptospirosis

Mycoplasma arthritis

Pasteurellosis

Postpartum Agalactia Syndrome

Salmonellosis

Streptococcal infections

Swine dysentery

Tetanus

Tuberculosis

Yersinia infection

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