Renal septicemia - Atlas of swine pathology

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Possible causes: Erysipela

The kidneys are very pale with a dark red multifocal spotting distributed over the entire surface. These are petechial hemorrhages resulting from septicemia caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the bacteria that causes the Erysipela disease.

A differential diagnosis must be made with diseases that cause multifocal hemorrhages such as septicemias from other bacterial agents, swine fevers, or infections from highly pathogenic strains of PRRS virus.