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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Authors

G C de Chaneet

Keywords

Pigs, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Disciplines

Other Animal Sciences | Veterinary Infectious Diseases | Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology

First Page Number

468

Last Page Number

469

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

SWINE ERYSIPELAS, first diagnosed in Western Australia in 1960, has become a source of considerable loss to the pig industry.

Most losses have resulted from carcass condemnation at abattoirs because of arthritis caused by the erysipelas organism.

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