Pathology and Ponies

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  • Parasitic Infections

    Parasitic Infections

    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

    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!

  • Viral Infections

    Viral Infections

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Rubber Jaw

    Rubber Jaw

    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.

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