Category: Disease Processes

Jackalopes Jackalopes Jackalopes Jackalopes
Posted in Integument Lagomorphs Viral

๐‰๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ are, of course, not real. However, there is a viral disease called ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ 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 White Muscle Disease White Muscle Disease White Muscle Disease
Posted in Multispecies Muscles and Tendons Nutritional

๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž 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 Beak and Feather Disease Beak and Feather Disease Beak and Feather Disease
Posted in Avian Integument Viral

๐๐ž๐š๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž is a viral disease that affects the beak and feathers, hence the name! Scientists are not very creative ๐Ÿ˜‚

Brachygnathia Brachygnathia Brachygnathia Brachygnathia
Posted in Bones and Joints Miscellaneous Multispecies

๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š means short (brachy-) mouth (gnath-). Usually this term refers to shortening of the ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž (lower jaw), however it can also refer to shortening of the maxilla (upper jaw).

Infectious Bronchitis Infectious Bronchitis Infectious Bronchitis Infectious Bronchitis
Posted in Gallids Respiratory Viral

๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ is a viral infection caused by a ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ. Thankfully, this coronavirus is not known to affect humans!

Beaver Fever Beaver Fever Beaver Fever Beaver Fever
Posted in Gastrointestinal Multispecies Parasitic

๐๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ is a disease of humans caused by ๐†๐ข๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š, a single-celled parasite. However, this parasite can affect many mammalian species!

NSAID Toxicity NSAID Toxicity NSAID Toxicity NSAID Toxicity
Posted in Gastrointestinal Toxic Urinary

NSAIDs are a common class of drug used as anti-inflammatories and pain control. Human examples you might know include aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen. We commonly use other NSAIDs in our veterinary species as well!

Psittacosis Psittacosis Psittacosis Psittacosis
Posted in Avian Bacterial Respiratory

๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ is a bacterial infection caused by ๐‚๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ข๐š ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ข. โ€œPsittaciโ€ means parrot, which gives you a clue about what species this disease affects!

Parasitic Infections Parasitic Infections Parasitic Infections Parasitic Infections
Posted in Parasitic Special Topics

We’ve hit 1500 followers on Facebook! ๐ŸŽ‰ This week’s posts will be all about how different kinds of pathogens (disease-causing agents) actually cause disease. Today’s post is on parasitic infections!

Prion Infections Prion Infections Prion Infections Prion Infections
Posted in Miscellaneous Special Topics

We’ve hit 1500 followers on Facebook! ๐ŸŽ‰ This week’s posts will be all about how different kinds of pathogens (disease-causing agents) actually cause disease. Today’s post is on bacterial infections!