Rickets - Atlas of swine pathology

Rickets

Where: musculoskeletal system

Possible causes: Other

Thickening of the costochondral junction in growing pigs is highly suggestive of rickets. This finding is usually called “rachitic rosary”. Rickets is usually associated with Vitamin D and Phosphorous deficiency.

Fibrous osteodystrophy, instead, usually produces swelling of the maxilla, bones are easy bended and it is caused by an imbalance of Ca/P ratio in diet.

Where

cardiovascular system

digestive system

intestines

liver

mouth

stomach

genitourinary system

bladder

female genitourinay tract

kidney

male genitourinay tract

mammary gland

lymphatic system

lymph nodes

spleen

tonsils

musculoskeletal system

nervous system

other

respiratory system

lungs

nasal cavity

skin and subcutaneous tissue

Disease

App

Clostridium difficile

Clostridium novyi

Clostridium perfringens

Mycoplasma suis

Actinobacillosis

Anthrax

Atrophic Rhinitis

Bordetelosis

Botulism

Brucellosis

Colibacillosis

Colitis

Edema disease

Enzootic Pneumonia (EP)

Erysipela

Exudative Epidermitis

Glässer disease

Ileitis

Leptospirosis

Mycoplasma arthritis

Pasteurellosis

Postpartum Agalactia Syndrome

Salmonellosis

Streptococcal infections

Swine dysentery

Tetanus

Tuberculosis

Yersinia infection

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