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The general appearance and colour should be noted. Careful examination should be made for the presence of ectoparasites, mainly lice and crusts relating to mange. Lice will often leave a dead pig, so their absence does not mean they were not present in life. Any crusts should be retained and can be supplemented with deep skin scrapings and even punch biopsies to help get a diagnosis.

At the start the head should be examined; is the snout twisted? Is there ocular discharge? Then the body; are there udder swellings? Is the prepuce normal? Are the feet and coronary band normal? Is the rectum/vulva normal?