Test 2 - Case Studies

Question 1

Case Study 1:

• Several goat kids presented with a history of chronic diarrhea, weight loss, weakness, decrease appetite.
• Clinical signs of disease were mainly confined to younger animals
• In addition to diarrhea and loss of body condition affected goat kids presented submandibular swelling and an enlarged abdomen..
• Other symptoms seen include:
  
  • Pale mucous membranes
  • Ascites
  • Submandibular Edema
  • Frothy fluid in the Trachea
  • Nodules on serosal surface of the intestine

Give the Etiology, Etiological Diagnosis, and the name of the disease.

Answer 1

• Etiology: Eimeria spp.
• Etiological Diagnosis: Protozoal enteritis or coccidial enteritis or parasitic enteritis
• Name of the disease: Coccidiosis (Enteric)

Question 2

Case 1: Forthy fluid in the trachea is indicative of what?

Answer 2

Pulmonary edema

Question 3

Give the morphological diagnosis of the image.

Answer 3

Proliferative or hyperplastic enteritis.

Morphological Dx consists of the following items:

• Organ: Intestine
• Process: Hyperplasia/inflammation
• Distribution: Multifocal
• Chronicity
• Severity

Question 4

The pale mucous membranes noted in the image are indicative of what?

Answer 4

Anemia

Question 5

Case 2: 6 month old pig

Answer 5

Umbilical Hernia

Question 6

Describe the image from Case 2.

Answer 6

Intestinal strangulation

Necrosis

Veins appear to be very engorged

Venous infarction

Will develop septic peritonitis and die of septic shock