Swollen Hocks and Shivering Pig - Help

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:( One of my pigs has the above symptoms. The other pig does not. She is eating and drinking water. She was not wormed as a piglet. She is nearing 5 months old. She is a York/Hamp cross. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm really worried about her. ALSO - I think they knocked over their water yesterday morning and may have been without water all day yesterday.

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Possibly Erysipelas. Some signs:

Per-acute or acute disease

The onset is sudden.
Often the only sign being death.
Death - generalised infection.
High temperatures 40?C (108?F) - Fever.
Obviously ill, although others can appear normal.
May cause abortion.
Mummified piglets.
Stillbirths.
Restricted blood supply causes small raised areas called diamonds in the skin. These are clearly defined become red and finally black, due to dead tissue but no abscesses. Most heal in 7 - 10 days.
Often these lumps can be palpated in the early stages before anything can be seen.
Stiffness or reluctance to rise indicating joint infection - arthritis.
Sudden death is not uncommon due to an acute septicaemia or heart failure.
Sub-acute disease
Inappetence.
Infertility.
Characteristic skin lesions and ulceration.
The temperature ranges from 39-40?C (102-104?F) - Fever.
The disease can be so mild as to be undetected.
Some piglets may die in the womb following sub-acute disease and become mummified.
Abortion with ill sows and dead piglets.
Chronic disease
This may or may not follow acute, or sub-acute disease.
The organism either:
- Affects the joints producing lameness or
- The heart valves producing growths.
 

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