PRO/AH/EDR> Streptococcus zooepidemicus – USA (06): (IN) pigs

Strep — United States
The 1st clue of an unusual situation was the high number of mortalities. Gascho estimated a capacity of about 1000 hogs at the site. About 500 head died in a week.
“If so many pigs are dying so fast, I initially wasn’t thinking a pathogen…because in this country we don’t have many diseases killing pigs so fast, and so many,” Gascho explained.
Then he explored the possibility of other “one-off stuff mentioned in vet school which you almost never actually see.” One was a lightning