Category: Species

𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 are an area of skin proliferation and thickening, forming a benign tumour. In cats, they tend to be found on the nose, lips and digits.

𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦 is a fungal infection of the skin that produces characteristic round areas of hair loss on the animal.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 is a fungal infection with an extremely high mortality rate. In fact, this infection has killed an estimated 6 million bats in North America, which might be the largest mammalian wildlife mortality event in recorded history. Poor bats

𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 is a cystic enlargement of the kidney due to dilation of the 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 structures, where urine is aggregated prior to making its journey to the bladder. This leads to a kidney that looks a bit like a water balloon!

𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬 is a type of roundworm that uses raccoons as part of its lifecycle. These roundworms are specifically studied because they produce 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 in species other than raccoons, which is what we’re going to talk about today!

𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 are a part of the 𝐞𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱, which is a group of skin diseases in cats that have a massive infiltration of 𝐞𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬, the main immune cell that responds to parasites and allergens.

𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 is a viral infection of rabbits, as the name would suggest. This disease has been implicated in many massive mortality events in rabbits, with 90% of exposed rabbits dying from the disease.

CHD is a syndrome of foals primarily characterized by enlarged thyroid glands and deformities of the limbs. This syndrome was first described in Western Canada by one of my current professors. Small world!

𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 literally means “stone bone”, and is a condition where the 𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, cells that normally break down bone tissue, are defective. Because of this defect, boney tissue begins to take over the bone marrow cavity.

𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, as the name suggests, is a toxicity that comes from eating the leaves of the red maple tree. Specifically, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 leaves like those found after a hard frost, or falling off of pruned or fallen tree limbs.