Author: Madison

Posted in Hematopoietic Malformation Multispecies Traumatic

๐’๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข are also known as accessory spleens, and they are a form of ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š, or normal tissue in an abnormal place. In other words, they are basically mini spleens in an area where the spleen normally isnโ€™t!

Posted in Equids Genetic Muscles and Tendons Nutritional

๐“๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ is more properly known as ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ก๐š๐›๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ. In this condition, exercise causes rapid degeneration of the muscle fibers, which can be extremely painful!

Posted in Hematopoietic Multispecies Neoplastic

๐‹๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐š is a tumour of the ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, one of the bodyโ€™s major white blood cells. Because the white blood cells are found in the blood, these tumours can occur pretty much anywhere, and are always considered ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ (aggressive).

Posted in Cardiovascular Equids Toxic

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง is an ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž, which are common feed additives found in ruminant diets that helps promote growth. However, these compounds are ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž-๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ toxins, meaning that having too much is a bad thing!

Posted in Female Reproductive Lagomorphs Neoplastic

๐”๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐๐ž๐ง๐จ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ are tumours of the uterine lining. The risk of these tumours increases with the age of the animal, and they are particularly common in rabbits!

Posted in Ovine Respiratory Viral

๐‰๐š๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž๐ค๐ญ๐ž is a virus that causes ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐๐ž๐ง๐จ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š, or tumours of the lining cells of the lungs. This disease is most commonly seen in Africa, Asia and Europe. Jaagsiekte is the Afrikaans name for this disease, meaning โ€œsheep sicknessโ€.

Posted in Gastrointestinal Malformation Multispecies

๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐š means big (macro-) mouth (stoma). Usually, this condition presents as the corners of the lips extending far into the cheek, giving the animal an appearance like the Joker.

Posted in Felids Neoplastic Respiratory

๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐ -๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž is a pretty interesting situation that can occur with lung tumours! In this syndrome, the tumour ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ (spreads) to the toes, which is a pretty unusual place for metastases to end up!

Posted in Avian Gallids Hematopoietic Meleagrids Viral

๐€๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ, or avian influenza, is a viral infection that affects many different bird species. Recently, there have been outbreaks of the strain ๐‡๐Ÿ“๐๐Ÿ across the world, which has been devastating for poultry production and wildlife species.

Posted in Felids Gastrointestinal Nervous Parasitic

๐“๐จ๐ฑ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š is a protozoan parasite that we most commonly associate with infectious abortion, however it can also cause ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ (whole body) disease with serious consequences!