Image Database: African Swine Fever

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Pig. There is bloody, mucoid, foamy nasal discharge.
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Pig, limbs. There is marked hyperemia of the distal limbs.
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Pig, perineal skin. There is a large sharply demarcated zone of hyperemia.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_004
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Pig. There are multiple sharply demarcated foci of cutaneous hemorrhage and/or necrosis; hemorrhagic lesions may contain dark red (necrotic) centers.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_005
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Pig. There are multiple sharply demarcated foci of cutaneous hemorrhage and/or necrosis; hemorrhagic lesions may contain dark red (necrotic) centers.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_006
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Pig, skin. Necrotic exudate is sloughing from the lesion on the left. There is a rim of hyperemia around the focus of hemorrhage and necrosis (infarct) on the right.
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Pig, kidney. There is moderate perirenal (retroperitoneal) edema.
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Pig, kidney. Petechiae are disseminated throughout the cortex, and there are larger coalescing pelvic hemorrhages.
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Pig, kidney. Close-up of cortical petechiae.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_010
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Pig, kidney. The cortex contains numerous coalescing petechiae and ecchymoses.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_011
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Pig, kidney. There is severe disseminated cortical petechiation; the pale foci are infarcts.
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Pig, urinary bladder. There are disseminated mucosal petechiae.
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Pig, heart. There is abundant straw-colored pericardial fluid (hydropericardium), and multifocal epicardial hemorrhage.
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Pig, heart. Subendocardial hemorrhage.
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Pig, lung. The lung is noncollapsed and edematous; there is dorsal hemorrhage and ventral tan consolidation.
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Pig, stomach. There is "paintbrush" hemorrhage on the serosa.
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Pig, mandibular lymph node. There is moderate peripheral (medullary) hemorrhage.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_018
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Pig, stomach. The hepatogastric lymph node is markedly enlarged and hemorrhagic, and the adjacent lesser omentum is edematous.
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_019
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Pig, stomach. The stomach is filled with clotted blood, and the wall is markedly edematous.
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Pig, spiral colon. The colon is distended with bloody contents (due to a hemorrhagic gastric ulcer).
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View Larger Image		 Photo #: ASF_021
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Pig, cecum. Mucosa is markedly edematous and hyperemic, and lymph nodes are hemorrhagic.
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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Plum Island Animal Disease Center.