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===Mucormycosis===

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===[[Mucormycosis]]===

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* ''Mucor'', a fungi, invades the [[The Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology|rumen]] wall, e.g. after damage caused by [[Rumenal Acidosis|rumenal acidosis]].

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* Produces chronic ongoing granulomatous rumenitis.

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* Difficult to diagnose in life.

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* May produce pain and poor growth

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* Infective process may penetrate wall and produce peritonitis.

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~~====Pathology====~~

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~~=====Gross=====~~

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* Thickening and ulceration of mucosal surface of [[The Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology|rumen]].

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** Feels like thick leather.

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*[[The Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology|Rumen]] wall becomes fibrosed.

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~~=====Histological=====~~

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* Classical granulomatous inflammation

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** May have giant cells in addition to sheets of [[Macrophages - WikiBlood|macrophages]].

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* Can visualise fungal hyphae in tissue using special stains (PAS),

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** Often grow along blood vessels.

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*** May cause thrombosis of small blood vessels, leading to further necrosis (infarction) of [[The Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology|rumen]] wall.

==Neutrophilic Inflammation==

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