Had no material to look at until Wednseday, when a whole lot arrived at once and I identified my first mummified piglet. I contemplated celebrating, but didn't think the PM staff would approve me bouncing about all over the place...
Then on Thursday, I finally isolated some Salmonella Group B from the farm samples. We knew it was there, but up until now we had no idea which group of pigs it was hiding in. Looks like we're starting to find out!
On Friday we went back to the farm to get some more samples - this time the farrowing houses were under scrutiny. It was hard to do the piglets - they're even smaller than the growers and finishers, and can't differentiate between being restrained and being killed, so tend to squeal a lot. And, they're cute.
Who could resist?Went back to the PM room late afternoon, and saw some more interesting cases, including a rottweiler with parvovirus.
Thinking that being a veterinary pathologist is actually quite interesting!
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