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Lecture 4: Inflammation Flashcards

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__ is the process of reaction of living vascularized tissue to injury

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inflammation

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Sometimes inflammation can induce tissue damage but normally it is beneficial in what 2 ways

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destroys invaders and prepares injured tissue for repair

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3 main events of blood vessels during inflammation

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  1. increased blood flow
  2. increased vascular permeability
  3. leukocytic exudation through vessels
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2 types of repair

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regeneration and scarring/fibrosis

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__ is the replacement by cells of the same type and __ is the replacement by c.t.

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regeneration, scarring/fibrosis

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5 signs of acute inflammation

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  1. rubor (redness)
  2. tumor (swelling)
  3. calor (heat)
  4. dolor (pain)
  5. loss of function (functio laesa)
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the calor/heat is due to the release of mediators __ and __

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IL1 and prostaglandin

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what causes the rubor/redness of inflammation

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hyperemia

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what causes the tumor/swelling during inflammation

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increased vascular permeability

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what causes the dolor/pain during inflammation

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stimulation of free nerve endings

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What regulates the process of inflammation

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chemical mediators

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12
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3 mediators of inflammation from PLASMA

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  1. kinins; bradykinin
  2. complement fragments: C5a
  3. coagulation/fibrinolytic products
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4 mediators of inflammation from TISSUE/CELLS

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  1. Vasoactive amines: histamine, serotonin
  2. prostaglnadins and leukotrienes: PGE2 and LTB4
  3. Cytokines/chemokines: TNFalpha, IL1, IL8, MIP1
  4. nitric oxide
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3 steps to leukocytes exiting a BV

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  1. Margination
  2. adhesion and migration
  3. chemotaxis and activation
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What initially happens to blood vessel after damage occurs

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transient vasoconstriction (neurally mediated, lasts only seconds)

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Post injury, After neural vasoconstriction of BV that last only a few seconds what happens next?

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chemical mediated vasodilation that lasts minutes to days

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chemical mediators of vasodilation

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PGE2, Histamine, NO

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5 mechanisms to increased vascular permeability

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  1. endothelial contraction (histamine)
  2. direct endothelial injury (burn)
  3. leukocyte-endothelial injury
  4. increased transcytosis
  5. endothelial prolif and leak
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__ is the most common way permeability is increased

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endothelial contraction

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20
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edothelial cells contract when stimulated by histamine and leukotrienes causing __in venules = increased perm

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gaps

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__ is mostly in venules and pulmonary capillaries, it is a late response and is long-lived 9hours)

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leukocyte-dependent injuy

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transcytosis increasing vascular perm is caused by

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VEGF (vascular endothelial derived growth factor)

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23
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describe the 4 steps in leukocyte migration

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  1. margination
  2. rolling
  3. adhesion
  4. transmigration
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leukocytic events during acute inflammation occur in

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venules and capillaries

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Leukocyte margination and rolling is mediated by expresson of __ on endothelial cells and ___ on leukocyte

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selectin (E and P), sialyl-lewis X modified glycoprotein

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mediators like __ and __ upregulate expression of e-selecting and activate leukocytes to express high affinity integrins (LFA or MAC)

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TNF alpha and IL1

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important factors involved in leukocytic margination and rolling

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  1. selectins
  2. sialyl-lewis X mod glycoprotein
  3. TNF alpha
  4. IL1
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leukocyte adhesion is mediated by

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adhesion molecules

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endothelial cell adhesion molecules

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ICAM1 and VCAM1 (Ig superfamily proteins)

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leukocyte integrins that allow for adhesion to ICAM and VCAM

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LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18)
Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18)
VLA4
(Heterodimeric proteins)

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31
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cytokines like __ and __ and chemokines like __ upregulate high-affinity integrin expression on leukocytes

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TNF alpha, IL1, IL8

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What mediates leukocyte transmigration?

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PECAM1 (CD31) (homophilic adhesion molecule)

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Stopped at

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video of rolling p. 13

34
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summary of neutrophils: __ allows rolling, __ allows firm attachment, and __ allows transmigration

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selectins, integrins, CD31 (PECAM)

35
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2 leukocyte adhesion deficiencies due to genetic mutations in integrins and selectins? which one is recognized in animals?

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LAD1 Integrins and LAD2 selectins

LAD1 has been identified in animals!

36
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In holstein cattle __ is mutation in CD18 integrin that binds to intercellular adhesion molecule = altered expression of CD18 so neutrophils cannot adhere and transmigrate, these calves die quickly

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BLAD - bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency

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BLAD in cattle is a mutation in __ causing neutrophils to be “trapped” in bloodstream unable to adhere and exit

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CD18 integrin

38
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BLAD causes decraesed survival due to __ and __ as neutrophils cannot respond to infection by bacteria and fungi

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enteritis and pneumonia

39
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There is a similar disease to BLAD that is a CD18 missense mutaiton in __ dogs

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irish setter dogs

40
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__ is cell migration along a concentration gradient of chemical mediator

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chemotaxis

41
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__ is random migration stimulated by a mediator

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chemokinesis

42
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most inflammatory reactions in the early stages are characterized by infultration of

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neutrophils - fast, release and respond to wide array of mediators, very motile, effective killer of bacteria

43
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what are the first cells to respond?

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neutrophils

44
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neutrophils and macrophages release ___ and __ which can induce tissue damage

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superoxide anion and lysosomal enzymes

45
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__ are less motile, long lived cells derived from monocytes or local division

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macrophages

46
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macrophages form __ and __ cells

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epithelioid and multinucleated

47
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__ move from the blood and develop into macrophages in the tissue

48
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__ modulate inflammatory, immune, and repair through lots of mediators and cytokines

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macrophages

49
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eosinophils have protein __ that can kill helminths

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major basic protein

50
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eosinophils are important in many __ diseases and __

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hypersensitivity dz and mediates tissue damage in chronic reactions

51
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__ prolongs eosinophil tissue survival

52
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__ are derived from BM and local division, they are important mediators of hypersensitivity dz

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mast cells

53
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mast cells contain important mediators __ and __ and are a major source of

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histamine, serotonin, leukotrienes, cytokines, chemokines

54
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__ are critical regulatro/effector of Ag driven inflammatory process, they produce Ab and cytokines

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lymphocytes

55
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6 inflammatory cells

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  1. neutrophils
  2. macrophages (multinucleated giants, epithelioid)
  3. eosinophils
  4. lymphocytes
  5. mast cells
  6. platelets - the forgotten one!
56
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3 important things platelets release to aid in inflamm response

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  1. vasoactive amine: serotonin
  2. PAF
  3. Growth factors: PDGF, TGF beta, FGF
57
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__ ddx is based solely on morphology

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morphologic (chronic diffuse granulomatous enteritis)

58
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___ ddx includes causative agent

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etiologic (intestinal mycobacteriosis, intestinal paratuberculosis)

59
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__ is the specific agent causing the dz

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cause (mycobacterium avium subspp paratuberculosis )

60
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name of the disease caused by mycobacterium avium subspp paratuberculosis

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Johne’s dz

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4 things needed for morphological classification

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  1. duration: acute, subacute, chronic
  2. distribution: focal, multifocal, locally-extensive diffuse
  3. type of exudate: serous, fibrinous, suppurative, eosinophilic, hemorrhagic, necrotizing, mixed etc.
  4. tissue involved: hepatitis, nephritis, etc.
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__ is considered hours to days in duration, there are changes in vessel perm and flow allowing leukocyte exudation

63
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__ takes 7-10 days, tissue cells proliferate, but ther is no fibrosis or scarring

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__ is beyond 10 days and is marked by firbosis or scarring

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__ refers to an exudate dominated by fibrin, __ refers to scarring/repair marked by firbosis (proliferation of fibroblasts laying down collagen) (i.e. pig with

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fibrinous exudate, fibrous

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__ exudates are dominated by large number of neutrophils responding to bacterial infection (i.e. rabbit uterus or brain abscess caused by Pasturellosis)

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suppurative (similar to purulent) see lots of neutrophils microscopically

67
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__ is a collection of suppurative or purulent exudate (ie. rabbit with chronic focal suppurative encephalitis due to pasturellosis)

68
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__ exudate occurs commonly on peritoneal pleura or mucosal surfaces, hyperemia of surosal surfaces with red to grey thick exudate with sheets of fibrin. commonly seen with bacterial infections

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fibrinopurulent exudate

69
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__ exudate may result in a green sheen grossly and histologically is seen with parasite or allergic reactions

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eosinophilic

70
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__ exudate is characterized by hemorrhaging and inflammatory cells (i.e. pig intestine with lisonia infection or dog with parvo)

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hemorrhagic

71
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__ has a characteristic segmental hemorrhagic enteritis associated with it

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parvovirus

72
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__ exudate is associated with dry pale muscle (ie. clostridium infection)

73
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__ infection you see necrotic exudate and GAS BUBBLES which are characteristics of this infection due to bacteria exotoxins lysing cell membrane and causing necrosis

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clostridium

74
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multi-focal necrotic and hemorrhagic exudate lesions that look like “bullseyes” characteristic of __ infection in ruminants

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mycotic rumenitis/omasitis/abomasitis

75
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__ exudate involves all modifiers of tissue, clotting factors leak from vessels (salmonella)

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fibrinonecrotic

76
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fibrinonecrotic exudate casts passed in feces of cattle is characteristic for _ infection

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salmonella

77
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__ is an injury that damages the overlying epithelium but does not go through the basement membrane

78
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__ is an injury that damages the epithelium and goes through the basement membrane

79
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cow with acute multifocal erosive stomatitis and esophagitis would be an example of ___ infection

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bovine viral diarrhea infection

80
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an example of ___ exudate can be seen with viral and parasitic dz in cattle where Ag reaction causes raised multifocal bumpy lesions. An example of this is the paraiste __ in cattle which burrows and causes chronic multi focal abomasitis

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lyphocytic, ostertagia

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__ inflammation is seen with parasitic infections with __ where there is an acute inflammatory response causing TISSUE PROLIFERATION

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hyperplastic, coccidiosis (raised bumps like ostertagia)

82
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__ inflammation is macrophage dominated and almost always is chronic

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granulomatous (hamburger/brain looking intestines and enlarged ln’s)

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