Author: Madison
๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ is a bacterial disease that is considered highly ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ (easily causes disease). In fact, it is so infectious that it has been listed as a potential biological warfare agent! Just one bacterium is enough to cause serious disease in humans.
๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐ (FMD) is a viral disease of significant economic importance in food production species. Outbreaks of this disease can have disastrous consequences for agriculture, such as the 2001 outbreak in the United Kingdom that was estimated to cost ยฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง and resulted in the destruction of more than ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง sheep and cattle.
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐๐ฐ is one of many possible consequences of ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, and results in jaw bones that are unusually soft and malleable, like rubber! This condition is more scientifically known as ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ.
Today’s case is of a 16 year old gelding who presented for lameness in both front feet.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ is exactly what the name suggests, toxicity from ingesting too much lead. There are several potential causes of this condition across species, but today we are going to talk about birds!
๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ are more scientifically known as ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ. They are referred to as โbarber poleโ because the female worms are predominantly red, with some of the internal organs showing as bright white striping on the surface. Cool!
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ are the most important condition affecting the ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ of the eye, which orients light entering the eye onto the retina. Normal lenses are perfectly clear, but in cataracts they end up becoming cloudy!
๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ are collections of ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ that form large, tumour-like nodules. We most commonly see these in the brain!
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ literally means โcotton tumourโ, which is pretty accurate to what they are! Gossypibomas are when a piece of ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ is inadvertently left in the animal during surgery.