GI - Bovine pathology Flashcards
What should you consider if you find vesicles?
Foot and mouth
What is a differential for foot and mouth disease which is a notifiable disease?
Vesicular stomatitis (rhabdoveridae) - indistinguishable from foot and mouth without lab conformation
What is a differential for foot and mouth which is usually not a clinically significant infection but is zoonotic?
Bovine papular stomatitis (poxveridae)
What is a differential for foot and mouth which can cause acute stomatitis with a thin grey film of catarrhal exudate on the mouth mucosa?
Bovine viral diarrhoea/mucosal disease (Pestivirus) - BVD
What is a differential for foot and mouth that involves the whole alimentary tract with focal areas of necrosis, erosion and ulceration?
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
What is a differential for foot and mouth that causes corneal opacity, mouth ulceration and nasal discharge in cattle, but is asymptomatic in sheep?
Malignant catarrhal fever
What is a differential for foot and mouth that is transmitted by culicoides and causes ischaemic necrosis and ulceration/necrosis from vascular damage?
Bluetongue
What is a differential for foot and mouth that is a secondary bacterial invader following mucosal damage, causing ulceration and necrosis in the mouth?
Fusobacterium necrophorum - calf diphtheria
What is a differential for foot and mouth that causes pyogranulomatous lesions and abnormal production of granulation tissue in the tongue?
Wooden tongue - actinobacillus (gram negative commensal)
What is a differential for foot and mouth that causes pyogranulomatous mandibular and maxillary osteomyelitis?
Lumpy jaw - actinomyces bovis (gram positive bacteria)
What are the different types of stomatitis?
Vesicular
Erosive/ulcerative
Necrotising
Lymphoplasmacytic
Granulomatous
Papular
What is primary tympany?
Frothy bloat - when foam prevents gas from being eructated
What causes primary tympany?
Eating high levels of legumes eg. alfalfa and clover
These contain soluble proteins which get denatured by the ruminal microflora and become insoluble creating foam
What are the consequences of ruminal tympany?
Distended rumen activates the vago-vagal reflex which compromises respiratory function and other organs
What is secondary ruminal tympany?
Generally chronic physical or functional defect in eructation
What are some causes of secondary ruminal tympany?
Vagal damage
Failure of oesophageal groove closure - ruminal drinkers (bucket fed calves
FB/tumour/obstruction