| an outbreak of urticarial form of swine erysipelas in a medium-scale piggery in kiambu district, kenya. | this report concerns an outbreak that occurred during july/august 1997. ten pigs from a herd of 181 pigs in a medium-scale, semi-closed piggery in kiambu district, kenya, contracted the clinical disease. the main clinical findings in affected pigs included: fever (40.5-41.8 degrees c), prostration, inappetence, dog-sitting posture, abortion, erythema and raised, firm to the touch and easily palpated light pink to dark purple diamond-shaped to square/rectangular spots on the skin around the belly ... | 1998 | 9760400 |
| progressive atrophic rhinitis in a medium-scale pig farm in kiambu, kenya. | forty-two pigs in a herd of 117 displayed various clinical signs of progressive atrophic rhinitis. the main signs included sneezing, coughing, lachrymation, serous to mucopurulent nasal discharge, and nasal bleeding in 1 pig. three pigs had lateral deviation of the snout, while 4 had brachygnathia superior with obvious deformation of the face. four acutely affected weaner pigs appeared weak, while the 7 chronically-affected pigs appeared smaller than their apparently unaffected penmates of the s ... | 2000 | 11030366 |