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| − | ====Diffuse alveolitis==== | + | ====[[Diffuse Fibrosing Alveolitis|Diffuse alveolitis]]==== |
| − | [[Image:Diffuse fibrosing alveolitis.jpg|right|thumb|150px|<small><center>Diffuse fibrosing alveolitis (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]] | |
| − | *Chronic disease of adult cattle occuring sporadically
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| − | *Probably caused by repeated subclinical incidents of fog fever or farmer's lung
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| − | *[[Extrinsic Allergic Bronchio-Alveolitis|'''Farmer's Lung''']]
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| − | **Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
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| − | **Hypersensitivity of ingested or inhaled moulds
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| − | **May occur as an outbreak or sporadically in adult cattle
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| − | *'''Hypersensitivity diseases''' often cause an lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia
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| − | *Chronic interstitial pneumonia progresses to fibrosis
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| − | **Sometimes called '''pneumonitis'''
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| | [[Category:Pneumonia]] | | [[Category:Pneumonia]] |