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A case of trichurosis in gilts and fattening pigs
Caron, Yannick; Delleur, Valery; Cassart, Dominique et al.
2014In JMM Case Reports
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Keywords :
Trichuris suis; Pigs; Diarrhea
Abstract :
[en] Trichuris suis, also called whipworm, is a parasite of the caecum and colon distributed widely and considered as a fairly common parasite in swine. It may be responsible for porcine trichurosis characterized by diarrhoea, anorexia, growth retardation, dehydration, emaciation and anaemia. This report presents a case of trichurosis diagnosed in a farrow-to-finish Belgian pig herd. The infection was associated with severe and persistent diarrhoea, growth retardation, emaciation and/or anaemia in 10 recently purchased gilts and in fattening pigs. In gilts, levamisole [8 mg/kg body weight] administered once per os gave a good clinical response, as diarrhoea resolved in nine gilts out of 10. In parallel, for these nine gilts, the number of eggs of T. suis/g faeces passed decreased from 12 400 to less than 100 eggs. In fattening pigs, flubendazole (1 mg/kg BW) administrated over 5 days in drinking water allowed a reduction in the number of T. suis eggs/g and was effective against diarrhoea. Although most of the time pig whipworm infections are light and asymptomatic, in some cases when large numbers of worms are present, they can cause watery to bloody diarrhoea that can lead to anaemia. This less frequent disease should not be forgotten in the differential diagnosis of persistent diarrhoea in growing pigs.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Caron, Yannick ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Parasitologie et pathologie des maladies parasitaires
Delleur, Valery ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA)
Cassart, Dominique ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie > Département de morphologie et pathologie
Losson, Bertrand ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Parasitologie et pathologie des maladies parasitaires
Laitat, Martine  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département clinique des animaux de production (DCP) > Département clinique des animaux de production (DCP)
Language :
English
Title :
A case of trichurosis in gilts and fattening pigs
Publication date :
29 September 2014
Journal title :
JMM Case Reports
eISSN :
2053-3721
Publisher :
Microbiology Society, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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