Session 15 - Respiratory III Flashcards
What organisms tend to cause bronchopneumonia?
Bacteria
What organisms tend to cause interstitial pneumonia?
Viral
What is the major cause of shipping fever in cattle?
Mannheimia hemolytica
What organisms can occur in a co-infection with Mannheimia hemolytica in shipping fever?
BoHV-1
PI-3
Pasteurella multocida
Histophilus somni
What is the pathologic mechanism of shipping fever?
Production of virulence factors
Kills bovine macrophages and neutrophils
Acute inflammation
What is the main virulence factor in Mannheimia hemolytica that causes a lot of damage?
Leukotoxin
What lesions are seen with Manneheimia hemolytica in cattle?
Severe bronchopneumonia
Tissue necrosis
Alveolar hyperemia + hemorrhage
Alveoli filled with suppurative inflammation
Wide interlobular septa expanded by edema + fibrin
What are the molecules that are responsible for the acute inflammation seen in shipping fever? (five listed)
TNF-alpha IL-1 IL-8 Histamine Leukotrines
What is the difference in presentation between Mannheimia hemolytica and Histophilus somni?
HS will commonly spread to other parts of the body
What are organ systems that tend be targets for Histophilus somni? What does it cause there?
Myocarditis - heart Arthritis - joints Opthalitis - eyes Otitis - ears Abortion - Fetus Encephalitis - Brain Septicemia - Blood
What are COMMON things seen in cattle with a histophilus somni infection?
Pneumonia + Pleuritis
What are the four common animals affected by pasteurella multocida?
Cows + Pigs + Rabbits + Cats
What is the presentation of pasteurella multocida in cattle?
Co-infection with shipping fever
What is the presentation of pasteurella multocida in pigs?
Fibrinous bronchopneumonia
What is the presentation of pasteurella multocida in rabbits?
Pleuropneumonia
Snuffles
Otitis
Bacteremia
Where does pasteurella multocida tend to colonize in rabbits?
Nares
What is the presentation of pasteurella multocida in cats?
Pyothorax
What is a bacteria that can cause pasteurellosis in sheep?
Bibersteinia trehalosi
What is an important virulence factor that is secreted by Bibersteinia trehalosi?
Leukotoxin
What can cause porcine pleuropneumonia?
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
How does actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae present in young pigs?
Septicemia
How does actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae present in weaned pigs?
Otitis interna
What can Arcanobacterium pyogenes cause? What animal?
Ruminants - Septic pulmonary emboli
What can Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis cause? What animal?
Sheep/Goat - Caseous lymphadenitis