Alopecia areata and humpy-back syndrome in suckling piglets.
This report describes an uncommon variant of humpy-back syndrome associated with multiple rib fractures and multisystemic vasculitis in several nursing piglets and, for the first time, a skin disease in swine consistent with alopecia areata. Both conditions were observed concurrently on the farm and occasionally in the same piglets.
Département de pathologie et microbiologie (Drolet) and Département de sciences cliniques (Denicourt, D'Allaire), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2. richard.drolet@umontreal.ca
Richard
R
Drolet
Martine
M
Denicourt
Sylvie
S
D'Allaire
D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*