Aug 6, 2026 · 15 min · 8 segments
Welcome to episode #48 of Scrubbed In: The DVM Journey – the podcast where we dive into the wild, rewarding, and sometimes unpredictable world of becoming a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. In this…
Grace GaynorHost
Case number one, a group of recently weaned pigs develops fever, swollen joints, and difficulty walking.
Necropsy reveals fibrin covering the lungs, fibrin around the heart, and cloudy joints.
What disease rises to the top of your differential list? The answer is Glasserella parasueis causing Glasser's disease.
Formerly called Haemophilus parasueis, Glasserella parasueis is a gram-negative rod bacterium.
This disease usually affects young, recently weaned pigs, specifically nursery pigs from three to ten weeks old.
Clinical signs often include fever, depression, lameness, swollen joints, reluctance to walk, dyspnea or neurologic signs, including a head tilt.
In order to diagnose Glasser's disease, we often use PCR since it is difficult to culture.
If we do choose to culture, we wanna make sure that we take a culture where the microbes are not expected.
Your biggest NAVLE pearl here, on necropsy, we often find fibrin everywhere, specifically fibrinous pleuritis, fibrinous pericarditis, and fibrinous peritonitis.
In order to treat Glasser's disease, we use early antibiotics such as ceftiofur and rofloxacin or tilathromycin and NSAIDs.
Oftentimes, we may f- suddenly find dead pigs as one of our first indications of disease.
In order to prevent Glasser's disease, we wanna reduce stress, improve biosecurity, and vaccinate when appropriate.
Your memory trick to remember Glasserella parasueis is Glasserella parasueis causes Glasser's disease.
Our next disease also causes arthritis, but instead of fibrin coating the organs, the organism loves one particular organ system, the nervous system.
Case number one, a group of recently weaned pigs develops fever, swollen joints, and difficulty walking.
Necropsy reveals fibrin covering the lungs, fibrin around the heart, and cloudy joints.
What disease rises to the top of your differential list? The answer is Glasserella parasueis causing Glasser's disease.
Formerly called Haemophilus parasueis, Glasserella parasueis is a gram-negative rod bacterium.
This disease usually affects young, recently weaned pigs, specifically nursery pigs from three to ten weeks old.
Clinical signs often include fever, depression, lameness, swollen joints, reluctance to walk, dyspnea or neurologic signs, including a head tilt.
In order to diagnose Glasser's disease, we often use PCR since it is difficult to culture.
If we do choose to culture, we wanna make sure that we take a culture where the microbes are not expected.
Your biggest NAVLE pearl here, on necropsy, we often find fibrin everywhere, specifically fibrinous pleuritis, fibrinous pericarditis, and fibrinous peritonitis.
In order to treat Glasser's disease, we use early antibiotics such as ceftiofur and rofloxacin or tilathromycin and NSAIDs.
Oftentimes, we may f- suddenly find dead pigs as one of our first indications of disease.
In order to prevent Glasser's disease, we wanna reduce stress, improve biosecurity, and vaccinate when appropriate.
Your memory trick to remember Glasserella parasueis is Glasserella parasueis causes Glasser's disease.
Our next disease also causes arthritis, but instead of fibrin coating the organs, the organism loves one particular organ system, the nervous system.
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