Disease Images

Disease Images: Classical Swine Fever

Additional resources for Classical Swine Fever


Description:
Pig, kidney. The cortex contains multiple petechiae and pale infarcts surrounded by hemorrhage.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_001

Description:
Pig, kidney. The cortex contains multiple petechiae and pale infarcts surrounded by hemorrhage.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_002

Description:
Pig, kidney. There are numerous disseminated cortical petechiae ("turkey egg kidney").

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_003

Description:
Pig, kidney. The cortex contains disseminated petechiae. Calyces are moderately dilated (hydronephrosis) and also contain hemorrhages.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_004

Description:
Pig, retropharyngeal lymph node. The lymph node is markedly enlarged and hemorrhagic; the tonsil contains multiple poorly demarcated hemorrhages.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_005

Description:
Pig, kidney. There is extensive hemorrhage on the cortical surface.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_006

Description:
Pig, inguinal lymph node. There are petechial and peripheral (medullary sinus) hemorrhages.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_007

Description:
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
Photo ID: CSF_008

Description:
Pig, lungs. There are numerous disseminated pleural petechiae, and there is mild interlobular edema.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_009

Description:
Pig, spleen. There are multiple coalescing, swollen, dark red infarcts along the margins.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CSF_010

Description:
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
Photo ID: CSF_011

Description:
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
Photo ID: CSF_012

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and Dr. Claire Andreasen 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 (CFSPH), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), and Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC).