Category: Disease Processes
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Tapioca Disease
๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง? ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ง? Today’s path rounds are on ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐! ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?Tapioca disease is a parasitic infection of salmon by the organism ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐จ๐ฅ๐. What is particularly interesting about this parasite is that it is actually a type of jellyfish! The infected areas of the fish form…
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Tetrameriasis
Todayโs path rounds are on ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ! ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ are a ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ (roundworm) that affect primarily aquatic birds. They are usually found in the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ, the โtrue stomachโ of bird species. ๐๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?This disease primarily affects aquatic birds such as ducks, herons, cranes and shorebirds. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?Eggs of Tetrameres are passed in the…
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Bluetongue
๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ is a viral infection, caused by ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ. The virus gets its name because it can cause ๐๐ฒ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ (blue tinge to the tissue) of the tongue! Weird.
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Babesiosis
๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ is an infection with the protozoa ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐, which infects blood cells. There are over 100 species of Babesia!
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Mesenteric Bones
๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ are bony formations in the ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ (the membrane that holds the intestine in place). These bones are not supposed to be there, so this is a form of ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ (one cell type replacing another).
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Phaeohyphomycosis
๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ is an infection with ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ fungi, otherwise known as โ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌโ. Although these fungi most commonly infect the skin, they can also affect other organs.
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Setaria
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ species are long, thread-like worms that live within the abdominal cavity of many species.
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Red Leg
๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ or ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ is one of the most recognizable diseases of amphibian species. As the name suggests, this condition is a bacterial condition that affects the skin (dermato-), turning it red!
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Infectious Sinusitis
๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ is an infection with the bacteria ๐๐ฒ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฆ. As the name suggests, this bacteria primarily infects the sinuses of turkeys!
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Fetal Maceration
๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is an interesting process that happens when the uterine environment becomes infected. Unfortunately, the fetus does not survive this process.