Special Veterinary Pathology

GLASSER'S DISEASE

• Caused by Haemophilus parasuis – a normal resident of the oropharanyx of pigs
• Young pigs are affected mostly after stress
• Clinical signs are fever, lameness, respiratory distress and neurological signs
• Lesions are polyserositis (pericarditis, peritonitis, pleuritis, meningitis, swollen joints)
• Microscopically fibrinous inflammation of all serosal surfaces