Purulent osteomyelitis in fattening pigs
Burgi, E.; Sydler, T.; Ohlerth, S.; Corboz, L.; Nietlispach, G.
Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 143(2): 93-98
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7281 PMID: 11234630 Document Number: 539338
Purulent osteomyelitis caused by Arcanobacterium pyogenes was diagnosed in three pigs aged between 3 and 4 months by radiological and pathological findings. Osteomyelitis was localized in methaphysis and/or epiphysis of limb bones. The prevalence of osteomyelitis in swine seems to be underestimated because adspection of limb bones is not a routine procedure neither at slaughter nor at necropsy. Osteomyelitis may also have consequences for meat cutting. Osteomyelitis can be controlled by prophylactic procedures.