Archive Case #76: Swine Greasy Pig Disease

Clinical Clues

1. Young piglets develop widespread brown crusting with tacky exudate over the skin soon after weaning.
2. Affected piglets are dull, and the skin feels oily to the touch.
3. Lesions begin around the face and spread over the body.
4. The outbreak affects multiple piglets in the same group.
5. Bacterial skin infection is suspected and the outbreak pattern fits a contagious piglet dermatopathy.
6. Swine greasy pig disease, also called exudative epidermitis, commonly causes widespread greasy crusting and poor thrift in piglets.

Diagnosis

Swine Greasy Pig Disease

This case is most consistent with Swine Greasy Pig Disease because the piglets have characteristic greasy exudative skin lesions in a group outbreak. The most important clues are the age group and oily crusting pattern, which distinguish it from mange or simple trauma.

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