| TME | total metabolizable energy; transmissible mink encephalopathy; transmural enteritis |
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| TVT | transmissible venereal tumor; tunica vaginalis testis |
| IPE | infectious porcine encephalomyelitis; interstitial pulmonary emphysema |
| MBP | major basic protein; maltose-binding protein; management by policy; mannose-binding protein; mean bl... |
| PGH | pituitary growth hormone; porcine growth hormone; prostaglandin H |
| eosinophilic gastroenteritis | <radiology> Eosinophilic infiltration of mucosa, submucosa, and muscularis of small bowel with or without stomach, stomach (almost always limited to antrum): enlarged gastric rugae, cobblestone nodules, polyps (=mucosal type), rigid wall with narrowed antrum/pylorus, bulky inramural mass up to 9 cm (=muscular type), wet stomach, ulcers rare, may have ascites, small bowel (predominantly jejunum), thickening and distortion of folds (=mucosal type), effacement of mucosa and narrowing of lumen (=muscular type), prognosis: tendency to spontaneous remission, treatment: steroids; removal of sensitizing agent (12 Dec 1998) |
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| epidemic nonbacterial gastroenteritis | An epidemic, highly communicable but rather mild disease of sudden onset, caused by the epidemic gastroenteritis virus (especially Norwalk agent), with an incubation period of 16 to 48 hours and a duration of 1 to 2 days, which affects all age groups; infection is associated with some fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache, one or another of which may be predominant. Synonym: acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine | <zoology> Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a pig. (09 Oct 1997) |
| porcine adenoviruses | An obsolete term for viruses of the genus Mastadenovirus, with four recognised serotypes, which can cause a mild upper respiratory tract disease in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine epidemic diarrhoea | A disease of pigs caused by the porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus and characterised by acute diarrhoea, with high mortality in piglets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine graft | A split-thickness graft from a pig, applied to a raw area on a human as a temporary dressing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine herpesvirus 1 | A virus causing pseudorabies in swine and many other mammalian species including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, and cats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine herpesvirus 2 | A virus causing inclusion body rhinitis in pigs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine parakeratosis | A skin disease of young pigs characterised by a hard, scaly proliferation of the surface layers of the skin. The extremities are commonly affected first, but it may involve the entire body. Parakeratosis psoriasiformis, an eruption marked by the presence of thick scales resembling those of psoriasis. Parakeratosis pustulosa, idiopathic subungual keratosis with nail deformity or pitting and with pustular or well-demarcated scaling eczematous changes of the fingertips; usually seen in young girls. Parakeratosis scutularis, a disease of the scalp marked by the formation of crusts that envelop the hairs. Synonym: parakeratosis ostracea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine parvovirus | A virus causing stillbirths, abortions, foetal deaths, mummifications, and infertility in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine polioencephalomyelitis | Porcine polioencephalomyelitis; a disease of swine caused by porcine enterovirus 1 and resembling human poliomyelitis; it is characterised by stiffness, convulsions, paralysis, and prostration, and is widespread in Europe, with most serious losses occurring in Poland and the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Synonym: infectious porcine encephalomyelitis, porcine polioencephalomyelitis. Origin: Teschen, Silisia (05 Mar 2000) |
| porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by outbreaks of late term abortions, high numbers of stillbirths and mummified or weak newborn piglets, and respiratory disease in young unweaned and weaned pigs. It is caused by swine infertility and respiratory syndrome virus. (radostits et al., veterinary medicine, 8th ed, p1048) (12 Dec 1998) |
| porcine somatotropin | <protein> A growth hormone found inpigs, injections of or implants containing thishormone cause pigs over 100 pounds to gain more muscle and less fat. Previously the hormone was very expensive because it could only be taken from the pituitary glands of slaughtered pigs, but in the early '90s researchers learned how to genetically engineered the bacterium E. Coli to produce it. The FDA has not yet approved this hormone for use. See: bovine somatotrophin. (09 Oct 1997) |
| porcine stress syndrome | A severe form of fever that occurs as a reaction to certain anaesthetic agents and muscle relaxants. Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited autosomal dominant condition. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| porcine valve | A prosthetic cardiac valve derived from the pig heart, which is preserved and sterilised with glutaraldehyde, and permanently sutured to a shape-retaining artificial strut; in appropriate sizes, it can replace any natural heart valve. Synonym: porcine valve. (05 Mar 2000) |