Pulmonary petechiae - Atlas of swine pathology
Pulmonary petechiae
University of Murcia Veterinary PathologyWhere: respiratory system, lungs
Possible causes: ErysipelaPRRSStreptococcal infectionsClassical Swine FeverAfrican swine fever
Lung of a nursery piglet in which we can observe multi-focal red dots distributed all over the surface of the organ. These are petechial hemorrhages as a consequence of septicemia caused by Streptococcus suis.
We must make a differential diagnosis with diseases that cause multifocal hemorrhages such as septicemias from other bacterial agents, swine fevers or infections from highly pathogenic PRRS virus strains.
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