Ear tip necrosis - Atlas of swine pathology
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Possible causes: ErysipelaFrostbiteSalmonellosisErgotismOther
Most common causes of ear tip necrosis in pigs are thrombosis during the course of septicemia, traumatism and cannibalism, frostbite and ergot toxicity. In this case, this lesion was a consequence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae septicemia.