Author: Madison

𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐭 is a bacterial infection of the skin, affecting many different species. It is also called 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐥 in sheep and 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐭 in cattle. This disease can also transfer to humans!

𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐜 is a trace mineral that has many different roles in the body, including growth, wound healing, vision and immunity. However, too much of a good thing is a bad thing!

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 is exactly as it sounds, a cancer that arose from a parasite. There has only ever been 𝐨𝐧𝐞 reported case of this, currently making it the rarest type of cancer discovered! Wild.

𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚 is a viral disease caused by a 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬. This disease is highly transmissible with no known treatment, and infected horses will carry the virus for the rest of their lives. Therefore, prevention of this disease is critical!

Today’s path rounds are on 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 is also known as 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬, which gives you…

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 are, of course, not real. However, there is a viral disease called 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 that can make rabbits look an awful lot like they have antlers! It is believed that this disease is the origin of the jackalope myth.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 is basically as the name suggests, a disease of the muscle that turns it white instead of its normal red colour. This disease is associated with nutritional problems!

𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 is a viral disease that affects the beak and feathers, hence the name! Scientists are not very creative 😂

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐲𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚 means short (brachy-) mouth (gnath-). Usually this term refers to shortening of the 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 (lower jaw), however it can also refer to shortening of the maxilla (upper jaw).

𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬 is a viral infection caused by a 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬. Thankfully, this coronavirus is not known to affect humans!