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Week of 06-Mar-2020

What is the most likely etiology of this lesion?

Week of 28-Feb-2020

This lesion is due to a proliferation of:

Week of 21-Feb-2020

Several growing pigs are found with lesions around the perineal area. What cause...

Week of 14-Feb-2020

During a post-mortem, a piglet's brain is seen to be hemorrhaged. What is this l...

Week of 06-Feb-2020

Mesenteric and inguinal lymph nodes are enlarged with a haemorrhagic appearance ...

Week of 30-Jan-2020

A well-defined nodule is found on the flank of a piglet at birth. What is it?

Week of 24-Jan-2020

A sow is seen with very firm mammary glands. There is discomfort (but not pain) ...

Week of 17-Jan-2020

This weaner pig has non-pruritic lesions on the skin. What is the cause of this ...

Week of 10-Jan-2020

Small, pellet-shaped portions of manure are seen behind a sow after farrowing. W...

Week of 03-Jan-2020

Some damage to the teats is found when inspecting the udder of this sow. What is...

Week of 27-Dec-2019

A sow is seen with a firm mass in the mammary glands. What is this condition?

Week of 20-Dec-2019

What is the name of this lesion in the bladder?

Week of 13-Dec-2019

A finishing pig is found in the pen lying on one side and gasping for air, with ...

Week of 05-Dec-2019

Several growing and finishing pigs vomit after eating and gradually lose body co...

Week of 29-Nov-2019

When a piglet was handed for blood testing, a lump was detected on its sternal a...

Week of 22-Nov-2019

In the post-mortem of a gilt, some nodules are found in the chest cavity. What a...

Week of 15-Nov-2019

Ovaries obtained from a female fattening pig at the slaughterhouse. The ovary on...

Week of 07-Nov-2019

Which of the following lesions do you see pictured?

Week of 31-Oct-2019

We notice dark diarrhea in finishing hogs. What could cause this?

Week of 25-Oct-2019

During meat inspection at the slaughterhouse, two globular masses were found in ...

Week of 18-Oct-2019

Lesion found at slaughter in the kidney of a fattening pig. What is this patholo...

Week of 11-Oct-2019

Red areas of cranioventral consolidation (hepatization) were detected in this lu...

Week of 04-Oct-2019

Lung at the slaughterhouse with foam mixed with fluid. What is the most likely c...

Week of 20-Sep-2019

This suppuration was observed in the spinal column during the post-mortem slaugh...

Week of 13-Sep-2019

Pictured on the left is an uninjured tail from a finishing hog, and on the right...

Week of 30-Aug-2019

Does the presence of this type of lesion always imply a disease problem?

Week of 23-Aug-2019

In a pen of growing pigs that had stopped eating, this kind of feces is seen on ...