Gross Pathology of Small Ruminants Flashcards
Cause of sepsis in sheep; gross lesion
Mannheimia or Bibersteinia; fibrinous pericarditis
Hemorrhages at base of pulmonary artery- possible causes?
Blue tongue virus (sheep orbivirus)
Enterotoxemia (c. perfringens type D)
Cause of aortic mineralization?
Vitamin D analog plants:
Cestrum diurnum, Trisetum flavescens, Solanum spp, Medicago sativa (alfalfa)
Filariid nematode that occludes carotid; DH
Elaeophora schneideri; DEER
Bacterial disease causing pleural effusion, edema (heartwater)
Ehrlichia ruminantium
Cause of caseous lymphadenitis and thin ewe syndrome
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Dry, crumbly abscess in goat lymph node
Mycobacterium caprae
Common tumor in goats
Thymoma
Cause of congenital hypothyroidism (goiter)
Brassica (rape and kale)
High or low levels of iodine
Cause of coccidiosis in sheep
Eimeria ovinus
Cause of coccidiosis in goats and sheep
Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae
Cause of scabby, proliferative and necrotizing dermatitis of lips and nasal mucosa
Contagious ecthyma (Orf), caused by parapoxvirus
What causes swollen, cyanotic tongue with thrombosis and necrosis of epithelium
Bluetongue (orbivirus)
How do they catch blue tongue?
Culicoides
What cells does Bluetongue infect?
Endotheliotropic, dendritic cells, macrophages, and monocytes
Common presentations for Bluetongue (4)
Blue tongue
Necrohemorrhagic stomatitis
GI ulceration
Nervous signs when infected in utero
What is the morph for a secondary fungal infection following ruminal acidosis?
Multifocal to coalescing ruminal vasculitis with mucosal necrosis/infarction
What kind of virus causes pestes de petit ruminants?
Morbillivirus
What are the two major syndromes of PDPR?
Bronchopneumonia with nasal discharge
Necrosis and ulceration of GI tract with diarrhea
Skeletal muscle protozoan
Sarcocystis ovifelis (cat is DH)