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Respiratory Disease in Sow/Gilt/Boar

Required Forms:

OAHN Swine Small Scale Herd Postmortem Project-Survey [1]

OAHN Swine Small Scale Herd Postmortem Project - Submission form [2]

Respiratory Disease in Sow/Gilt/Boar tissue sampling list [3]

TISSUE SAMPLING LIST-collect the following samples from EACH pig

Fresh tissues: 1 sample per Whirl-Pak bag, per pig – label with stickers provided.

Formalin-fixed tissues: 1 sample jar per pig.

Tissue Fresh (include lesions) In Formalin (include lesions)
Tonsil X X
Thyroid gland   X
Trachea   X
Thymus   X
Lung X4 X
Heart   X
Liver X X
Spleen X X
Kidney X X
Adrenal gland   X
Pancreas   X
Mesenteric lymph node X X
Gastrohepatic lymph node X X
Stomach   X
Duodenum   X
Jejunum   X
Ileum   X
Spiral colon   X
Diaphragm   X
Skeletal muscle   X
Brain (or head) X half, sagitally sectioned (OR entire head - fresh) X half, sagitally sectioned (OR entire head - fresh)

Respiratory Disease in Sow / Gilt / Boar 

Fresh tissues: Use a separate Whirl-Pak bag for each sample – label bags with the stickers provided  (tissue name).

Formalin-fixed tissues: Use 1 sample jar per pig. For solid organs, samples should be approximately 1-2  cm2.  For intestine, take approximately 3 cm long segments and partially open longitudinally with scissors (to allow formalin to contact the mucosal surface). 

Test list (for AHL use - included on submission form):

Virology: PRRSV PCR prtqn, influenza A virus PCR inflpcr: lung

Mycoplasmology: M.hyopneumoniae PCR mhpcr: lung

Bacterial culture bsetup, cults: lung.

Histopathology hist

Freeze and hold: tonsil / spleen, lung, kidney/ liver, lymph nodes, brain.

 


Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/respiratory-disease-sowgiltboar

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/system/files/2020-05-14Small%20scale%20swine%20production%20survey%20JG%20JD.docx [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/system/files/OAHNSMSCALE-001_0.pdf [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/system/files/Respiratory%20disease%20in%20sow%20gilt%20boar%20sampling%20OAHN%20swine.pdf