Veterinaria Digital - 21/05/2017

Porcine streptococcal infection is caused by Streptococcus suis, a frequent saprophyte of pigs' respiratory, reproductive and digestive tracts, which needs environmental and immunosuppressive causes to cause disease (this is also why antibiotic...

Veterinaria Digital - 13/05/2017

Porcine pneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, previously referred to as Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae, causes different symptoms depending on the age of the affected animals and the severity of the infection of other immunosuppressive...

Veterinaria Digital - 7/05/2017

Intestinal Salmonellosis in pigs is caused by microorganisms of the genus Salmonella, more frequently by S. cholerasuis, S. typhimurium, S. agona and S. derby, in the surface of the intestinal epithelium. Lesions are caused by the bacterium’s ability...

Veterinaria Digital - 29/04/2017

SH2+ enterobacteria such as Salmonella, Pseudomona and Proteus are resistant to the presence of biliary acids and, because of it, they remain in the birds’ biliary ducts after a septicaemic process. The liver increases bile production to mechanically...

Veterinaria Digital - 22/04/2017

Glässer’s disease is a bacterial infection caused by Haemophilus parasuis. Serotypes 1, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13 and 14 comply with Koch’s postulates regarding their pathogenic capacity. Although the infection is septicemic, organic fibrosis is frequently...

Veterinaria Digital - 15/04/2017

Railletina is a genus of tapeworm (cestodes) that parasitizes the birds' intestine worldwide. There are many species of this parasite, but the main are: R. echinobothrida and R. tetragona, which affect birds worldwide and have are from 23 to 25 cm...