Swine can suffer from a variety of diseases, including infectious diseases, parasitic infections, and metabolic disorders. Below is a classification and brief introduction to common swine diseases for reference.
◎ Pathogen: Classical swine fever virus. ◎ Symptoms: High fever, diarrhea, neurological signs, skin hemorrhages, high mortality. ◎ Control: Vaccination (e.g., lapinized live vaccine).
◎ Pathogen: Foot-and-mouth disease virus (highly contagious). ◎ Symptoms: Blisters and ulcers in the mouth and hooves, lameness, sudden death in piglets due to myocarditis. ◎ Control: Vaccination (serotype-specific).
◎ Symptoms: Abortion in sows, stillbirths, respiratory distress in piglets, cyanotic ears. ◎ Control: Vaccination + biosecurity.
◎ Symptoms: Neurological signs in piglets (convulsions), abortion in sows, latent infection in adults. ◎ Control: Vaccination with gene-deleted vaccines.