Gross Pathology of Small Ruminants Flashcards

1
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Cause of sepsis in sheep; gross lesion

A

Mannheimia or Bibersteinia; fibrinous pericarditis

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2
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Hemorrhages at base of pulmonary artery- possible causes?

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Blue tongue virus (sheep orbivirus)
Enterotoxemia (c. perfringens type D)

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3
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Cause of aortic mineralization?

A

Vitamin D analog plants:
Cestrum diurnum, Trisetum flavescens, Solanum spp, Medicago sativa (alfalfa)

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4
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Filariid nematode that occludes carotid; DH

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Elaeophora schneideri; DEER

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5
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Bacterial disease causing pleural effusion, edema (heartwater)

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Ehrlichia ruminantium

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6
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Cause of caseous lymphadenitis and thin ewe syndrome

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

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7
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Dry, crumbly abscess in goat lymph node

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Mycobacterium caprae

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8
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Common tumor in goats

A

Thymoma

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9
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Cause of congenital hypothyroidism (goiter)

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Brassica (rape and kale)
High or low levels of iodine

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10
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Cause of coccidiosis in sheep

A

Eimeria ovinus

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11
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Cause of coccidiosis in goats and sheep

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Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae

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12
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Cause of scabby, proliferative and necrotizing dermatitis of lips and nasal mucosa

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Contagious ecthyma (Orf), caused by parapoxvirus

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13
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What causes swollen, cyanotic tongue with thrombosis and necrosis of epithelium

A

Bluetongue (orbivirus)

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14
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How do they catch blue tongue?

A

Culicoides

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15
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What cells does Bluetongue infect?

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Endotheliotropic, dendritic cells, macrophages, and monocytes

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16
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Common presentations for Bluetongue (4)

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Blue tongue
Necrohemorrhagic stomatitis
GI ulceration
Nervous signs when infected in utero

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17
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What is the morph for a secondary fungal infection following ruminal acidosis?

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Multifocal to coalescing ruminal vasculitis with mucosal necrosis/infarction

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18
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What kind of virus causes pestes de petit ruminants?

A

Morbillivirus

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19
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What are the two major syndromes of PDPR?

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Bronchopneumonia with nasal discharge
Necrosis and ulceration of GI tract with diarrhea

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20
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Skeletal muscle protozoan

A

Sarcocystis ovifelis (cat is DH)

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21
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What causes enterotoxemia? What age?

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C perf type D (requires trypsin); epsilon toxin; months old

22
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Who gets sick from C perf type C? What type of illness?

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Neonates (trypsin sensitive); diarrhea

23
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Which C perf is mostly a sheep disease, causes lamb dysentery? What age?

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Type B; weeks old

24
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What causes frothy bloat?

A

High protein feed (legumes, alfalfa, clover)

25
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Necrohemorrhagic abomasitis and edema

A

Clostridium septicum (braxy, bradsot)

26
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Rhabditid (trichostrongyle) nematode that lives in the abomasum and causes anemia

A

Haemonchus contortus

27
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Cause of catarrhal abomasitis and epithelial proliferation (Moroccan leather) (2)

A

Teladorsagia circumcincta
Trichostrongylus axei

28
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Causes of catarrhal enteritis (not necrohemorrhagic)

A

EPEC
Rotavirus
Cryptosporidium

29
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Morph for clostridial GI disease

A

Necrohemorrhagic enteritis

30
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Mucosal necrosis over Peyer’s Patches with large colonies of bacteria is caused by

A

Yersinia enterocolitica

31
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What is the sheep tapeworm (cestode) (2)?

A

Moniezia expansa (usually subclinical)
Cysticercus ovis- in mesentery, liver, muscles of mastication, IH sheep, DH dog

32
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Strongyle nematode of sheep; location

A

Oesophagostomum columbianum; intestine

33
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What causes Johne’s Disease?

A

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

34
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Morph with Johne’s

A

Granulomatous enteritis

35
Q

Cause of entire GI tract red and distended, including spleen

A

Mesenteric torsion secondary to Lucerne red gut

36
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Whipworm of sheep; clinical signs if severe

A

Trichuris ovis; hypoproteinemia and weight loss

37
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Cause of a pale, tan to orange liver

A

Copper toxicity

38
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Copper toxicity pathogenesis

A

Hepatic necrosis and hemolysis:
Copper exceeds liver binding capacity, free copper causes apoptosis, hepatocytes rupture and liberate more copper, enters bloodstream, oxid damage to RBCs (intravascular hemolysis)

39
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Causes of liver cirrhosis

A

Ryegrass fungus (pythomyces chartarum)
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Aflatoxin
Saponins

40
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Cause of white liver disease

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Cobalt deficiency –> Accumulation of fat in liver

41
Q

Viral hepatitis in sheep

A

Rift Valley Fever (bunyavirus)

42
Q

Cause of thin ewe syndrom with multifocal to coalescing abscesses everywhere

A

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

43
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Cause of flat, well-demarcated nodules throughout liver

A

Fusobacterium

44
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Cause of targetoid lesions in liver of aborted fetus

A

Campylobacter foetus subsp. foetus

45
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Cause of multifocal to coalescing hepatocellular necrosis (sepsis)

A

Listeria monocytogenes

46
Q

Lancet fluke of sheep

A

Dicrocoelium dendriticum

47
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Intermediate host of D. dendriticum

A

Ant

48
Q

What causes black disease? (hepatic necrosis)

A

Clostridium novyii often secondary to Fasciola hepatica or Fascioloides magna migration

49
Q

Most important cestode in sheep; gross finding

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Echinococcus granulosus; hydatid cysts in liver

50
Q

Cause of nutmeg liver in sheep

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Heart disease