Artritis séptica en cerdos.

Abstract

At the arrival to the San Pablo agrarian station of the National University of Colombia, campus Medellín, on Friday September 28, it was presents a case of joint en largement, starvation, weight loss and claudication in a 22 days old suckr piglet. The piglet was treated with Cobactan® (cephalosporin) and with Flunihyt ® (Flunixin) for four days every 12 hours. After an inspection it was found that there lacerations present in the joints of the forelimbs. The patient did not respond to the initial treatment, because of that a new treatment was done the next day based on Amoxisol ® (Amoxicillin) and Inflacor ®

(Betametasona) for 3 days every 12 hours. The patient did not evolve favorably to the treatment, and was decided to suspend it and do euthanasia and subsequent necropsy. At necropsy, purified material was found in elbow and hock joints of the left limbs, serositis in the abdominal cavity and ulcerative erosions in the stomach wall. The macroscopic findings were compatible with septic polyarthritis possibly attributed to Streptococcus suis.