Category: Disease Processes

Viral Infections Viral Infections Viral Infections Viral Infections
Posted in Special Topics Viral

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 viral infections!

Fungal Infections Fungal Infections Fungal Infections Fungal Infections
Posted in Fungal 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 fungal infections!

Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections
Posted in Bacterial 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!

Ear Canker Ear Canker Ear Canker Ear Canker
Posted in Lagomorphs Parasitic Special Senses

๐„๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ is a thickening and irritation of the external ear caused by an ear mite, ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข. This irritation produces a crust lining the ear that is extremely painful!

Hippomanes Hippomanes Hippomanes Hippomanes
Posted in Equids Female Reproductive Miscellaneous

๐‡๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ are aggregates of the nutrient fluid found within the placenta that are a ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  in many species. However, they look kind of weird, and can scare producers if they arenโ€™t aware of them!

Q Fever Q Fever Q Fever Q Fever
Posted in Bacterial Caprids Female Reproductive Ovine

๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ is a bacterial disease that is considered highly ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐œ (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.

Foot and Mouth Disease Foot and Mouth Disease Foot and Mouth Disease Foot and Mouth Disease
Posted in Bovids Caprids Gastrointestinal Integument Ovine Suids Viral

๐…๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž (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Ÿ– ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง and resulted in the destruction of more than ๐Ÿ” ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง sheep and cattle.

Rubber Jaw Rubber Jaw Rubber Jaw Rubber Jaw
Posted in Bones and Joints Canids Metabolic

๐‘๐ฎ๐›๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ฃ๐š๐ฐ is one of many possible consequences of ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, and results in jaw bones that are unusually soft and malleable, like rubber! This condition is more scientifically known as ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ.

Case of the Week: Chronic Laminitis Case of the Week: Chronic Laminitis Case of the Week: Chronic Laminitis Case of the Week: Chronic Laminitis
Posted in Bones and Joints Case of the Week Degenerative Equids

Today’s case is of a 16 year old gelding who presented for lameness in both front feet.

Lead Toxicity Lead Toxicity Lead Toxicity Lead Toxicity
Posted in Avian Gastrointestinal Nervous Toxic

๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ 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!