| SVD | single vessel disease; singular value decomposition; small vessel disease; spontaneous vaginal deliv... |
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| Sw | swine |
| swine pest | An acute, highly contagious disease affecting swine of all ages and caused by the hog cholera virus. It has a sudden onset with high morbidity and mortality. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| swine porphyria | Porphyria as a dominant trait seen in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swine vesicular disease | <virology> An enterovirus infection of swine clinically indistinguishable from foot-and-mouth disease, vesicular stomatitis, and vesicular exanthema. (12 Dec 1998) |
| swine vesicular disease virus | <virology> A porcine enterovirus causing vesicular disease in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oedema disease of swine | An acute disease of young pigs that is usually associated with weaning. It is characterised clinically by paresis and subcutaneous oedema. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Eimeria of swine | Eimeria debliecki, the most common and most pathogenic species, involving the small intestine, caecum, and colon; Eimeria scabra, involving the small intestine; Eimeria perminuta, Eimeria spinosa, Eimeria scrofae, Eimeria suis, Eimeria cerdonis, Eimeria porci, and Eimeria neodebliecki believed to have little pathogenicity. See: Isospora. Synonym: coccidia of swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enteric cytopathogenic swine orphan virus | A picornavirus isolated from outbreaks of enteritis in swine, but not known to be a natural pathogen. Synonym: enteric cytopathogenic swine orphan virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidermitis, exudative, of swine | An acute generalised dermatitis of pigs which occurs from 5 to 35 days of age, characterised by sudden onset, with morbidity of 10 to 90% and mortality of 5 to 90%. The lesions are caused by staphylococcus hyos but the bacterial agent is unable to penetrate the intact skin. Abrasions on the feet and legs or lacerations on the body frequently precede infection. In acute cases, a vesicular-type virus may be the predisposing factor. The causative organism is inhibited by most antibiotics. (merck veterinary manual, 5th ed) (12 Dec 1998) |