The pathology of infectious polyarthritis in slaughter pigs.
A study was conducted into the macroscopic and microscopic pathology of arthritic joints obtained from 37 freshly slaughtered pigs condemned for infectious polyarthritis. All the affected joints showed varying degrees of subacute to chronic serofibrinous to fibrino-purulent arthritis with or without pathology of the articular cartilage.
D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology