Pathology and Ponies

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  • Equine Infectious Anemia

    Equine Infectious Anemia

    ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐š is a viral disease caused by a ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ. This disease is highly transmissible with no known treatment, and infected horses will carry the virus for the rest of their lives. Therefore, prevention of this disease is critical!

  • Chagas Disease

    Chagas Disease

    Todayโ€™s path rounds are on ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž! ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?๐‚๐ก๐š๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž is also known as ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, which gives you a clue as to what pathogen is involved! This disease is caused by ๐“๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ข, a parasite that is found in the bloodstream. ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?Any mammal can get this disease, but we most commonly…

  • Jackalopes

    Jackalopes

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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!

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