Image Database: Classical Swine Fever

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Photo #: CSF_001
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Pig, kidney. The cortex contains multiple petechiae and pale infarcts surrounded by hemorrhage.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_002
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Pig, kidney. The cortex contains multiple petechiae and pale infarcts surrounded by hemorrhage.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_003
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Pig, kidney. There are numerous disseminated cortical petechiae ("turkey egg kidney").
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_004
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Pig, kidney. The cortex contains disseminated petechiae. Calyces are moderately dilated (hydronephrosis) and also contain hemorrhages.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_005
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Pig, retropharyngeal lymph node. The lymph node is markedly enlarged and hemorrhagic; the tonsil contains multiple poorly demarcated hemorrhages.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_006
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Pig, kidney. There is extensive hemorrhage on the cortical surface.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_007
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Pig, inguinal lymph node. There are petechial and peripheral (medullary sinus) hemorrhages.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_008
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Pig, pharynx and larynx. There are coalescing foci of petechial hemorrhage (and necrosis) in the palatine tonsils and adjacent pharyngeal and laryngeal mucosa.
Credit: Dr. W. Wajjwalku, Kasetsart University, Thailand
   

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Photo #: CSF_009
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Pig, lung. The cortex contains multiple petechiae and pale infarcts surrounded by hemorrhage.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_010
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Pig, spleen. There are multiple coalescing, swollen, dark red infarcts along the margins.
Credit: PIADC
   

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Photo #: CSF_011
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Pig, tonsil. The epiglottis and the bisected palatine tonsil contain multiple tan foci of necrosis.
Credit: Dr. R. Panciera, Oklahoma State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Noah's Arkive
   

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Photo #: CSF_012
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Porcine, colon. The mucosa is reddened and contains multiple discrete ("button") ulcers surrounded by zones of hemorrhage.
Credit: Dr. R. Panciera, Oklahoma State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Noah's Arkive
   

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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.