Ear tip necrosis - Atlas of swine pathology
Where: skin and subcutaneous tissue
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.