Lecture 15: Liver pathology-II Flashcards
What pattern do you expect with bacterial hepatitis
focal to multifocal random pale foci (embolic pattern)
how does bacteria gain entrance to liver
- Extension from bacterial peritonitis
- Biliary tree
- Hematogenous
bacterial or viral hepatitis
bacterial
what is the cause of Tyzzer’s disease (bacterial hepatitis)
clostridium piliforme
what are some predisposing factors to tyzzer’ diseases
high protein diet, stress/immunosuppression
what lesions are associated with tyzzer’s disease
multifocal necrosuppurative hepatitis
from foal- what likely dx and cause
tyzzer’s disease (bacterial hepatitis)
Cause: clostridium piliforme
what is cause of systemic leptospirosis (bacterial hepatitis)
leptospira interrogates
what are some signs of systemic leptospirosis (bacterial hepatitis)
icterus, signs of renal and hepatic disease, septicemia/shock
what are some gross findings of systemic leptospirosis (bacterial hepatitis)
ascites, hepatic necrosis, widespread hemorrhage, icterus
liver and gallbladder of cow- what is likely cause and dx
dx: hepatic salmonellosis
Cause: salmonella enterica stereotype Dublin
what is the most common cause of liver abscesses in ruminants
fusobacterium necrophorum
what is the gross appearance of viral hepatitis
small foci of hepatocellular necrosis, often with hemorrhage
what adenovirus causes viral hepatitis
Adenovirus I- infectious canine hepatitis
what herpesviruses cause viral hepatitis
BHV-1, EHV-1, CHV-1
from dog- what virus could’ve caused this presentation (look at gallbladder)
infectious canine hepatitis caused by adenovirus I
Viral or bacterial hepatitis
viral