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Swine and Bovine Skin Diseases Overview

This document summarizes several cases of pig and bovine dermatological diseases and their causes. It describes cases of vasculitis in pigs caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteria and porcine circovirus type 2, as well as a hereditary pig disease called porcine juvenile pustular psoriasiform dermatitis. It also discusses dermatophilosis, a bacterial skin infection of ruminants and horses caused by Dermatophilus congolensis, and dermal stephanofilariasis of bovids caused by the nematode Stephanofilaria stilesi.

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Swine and Bovine Skin Diseases Overview

This document summarizes several cases of pig and bovine dermatological diseases and their causes. It describes cases of vasculitis in pigs caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteria and porcine circovirus type 2, as well as a hereditary pig disease called porcine juvenile pustular psoriasiform dermatitis. It also discusses dermatophilosis, a bacterial skin infection of ruminants and horses caused by Dermatophilus congolensis, and dermal stephanofilariasis of bovids caused by the nematode Stephanofilaria stilesi.

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Rachel Neto, DVM, MS, DACVP

May 29th 2020


Pig
MDx:
Cause:
Pig
MDx: Integument (body wide): Multifocal to coalescing,
severe vasculitis with cutaneous infarcts
Cause: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

“Rhomboidal”

Diamond skin disease


Swine Erysipelas (SE)
• Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (gram+ bacillus)
• Swine, turkeys
• Septicemia / Polyarthritis (chronic) /
Endocarditis (chronic)
• Tropism for vascular endothelium
• Vasculitis, thrombosis, ischemia, infarction
Pig
NTD:
Cause:
Pig
NTD: Porcine dermatitis and
nephropathy syndrome
Cause: PCV-2
Porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome
(PDNS)
• PCV-2
• Systemic vasculitis (esp. kidneys and skin)
• Type III hypersensitivity (?)
• Often fatal / fever, pneumonia
• Diagnosis dependent on ancillary tests
• Other causes of vasculitis in swine:
• ASF, CSF, Salmonella, Pasteurella, E coli,
Strep suis, Erysipelas, edema disease…
Pig

NTD:
Pig

NTD: Porcine juvenile pustular


psoriasiform dermatitis
(Pityriasis rosea)
Porcine juvenile pustular psoriasiform dermatitis
• Aka Pityriasis rosea, pseudo-ringworm
• Sporadic / young pigs / unknown cause (hereditary?)
• Aesthetic only (mild disease)
• Spontaneous resolution

• Overlying scale
• Histo: perivascular dermatitis, epidermal hyperplasia,
parakeratotic crusts
Dermatosis vegetans
• Young pigs / autosomal recessive in Landrace
• Vegetating skin lesions, hoof malformation, pneumonia
(giant cell)
• Skin can develop papilloma-like lesions

• Progressive and fatal disease


Bovid
Cause:
Bovid
Cause: Dermatophilus congolensis
Dermatophilosis
• Aka “rain rot”, “rain scald”
• Many species (esp. ruminants, horses)
• Dermatophilus congolensis / gram+ filamentous
• “train track” (parallel rows)
• Exudative dermatitis
• Skin trauma + prolonged moisture
• Hairs matted together (“paintbrush”)
• Crusts, scabs, wart-like lesions

• Histo:
• Crusts w/ stacks of keratosis and neutrophils
• Branching cocci in crusts
Bovid
Cause:
Bovid
Cause:
Stephanofilaria stilesi

Dermal
stephanofilariasis

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