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