NADIS Knowledge Transfer - Colitis in Pigs

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Colitis or grower scours can be caused by:

	Nutritional imbalance
	Foot & Mouth Disease
	Porcine Parvovirus
	Brachyspira sp.
	All of these

Nutritional Colitis is caused by:

	Excessive water intake
	Non starch polysaccharides in cereals
	Excess feed intake
	Antibiotic deficiency
	None of these

The following clinical signs are typical of a colitis problem:

	Uneven growth
	High mortality
	‘Slab-sided’ pigs
	‘Cow pat’ dung
	Blood in faeces

The cost of a colitis problem to a herd:

	Is easily measurable
	Is negligible
	Can result from both medication and lost efficiency of growth
	Can render a herd unsustainable
	None of these

Control of Spirochaetal colitis in growing pigs of 16-20 weeks of age can be achieved by:

	Improving hygiene standards
	Vaccination of young piglets
	Strategic medication in feed with appropriate antibiotics
	In feed inclusion of Zinc Oxide
	None of these

Nutrition scours in growing pigs can be controlled by:

	Vaccination
	In feed antibiotics
	Restricted feeding
	Meal feeding in place of pellets
	All of these

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