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Other clinical features of the disease include oedema due to a protein-losing enteropathy. Emergence of larvae from the intestinal wall may lead to haemorrhagic colitis.
Other clinical features of the disease include oedema due to a protein-losing enteropathy. Emergence of larvae from the intestinal wall may lead to haemorrhagic colitis  
      
==Diagnosis==
 
==Diagnosis==
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==Pathology==
 
==Pathology==
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Post mortem examination of the large intestine may reveal larvae in the mucosa, seen as small grey dots (the characteristic 'pepper-pot' lesions seen with the disease). A catarrhal and haemorrhagic colitis and typhlitis may be seen, with hyperaemia or necrosis of the tissue. In chronic cases, thickening of the intestinal wall may be present.  
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Post mortem examination of the large intestine may reveal larvae in the mucosa, seen as small grey to red mucosal nodules (the characteristic 'pepper-pot' lesions seen with the disease). Mass emergence results in mucosal erosions, ulcers and fibrinous exudate. A catarrhal and haemorrhagic colitis and typhlitis may be seen, with hyperaemia or necrosis of the tissue. In chronic cases, thickening of the intestinal wall may be present.  
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==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
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* Merck & Co (2008) '''The Merck Veterinary Manual (Eighth Edition)''' ''Merial''
 
* Merck & Co (2008) '''The Merck Veterinary Manual (Eighth Edition)''' ''Merial''
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====Gross====
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* Encysted larvae appear as pinhead grey to red mucosal nodules.
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* Mass emergence results in:
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** Mucosal erosions.
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* Ulcers.
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* Fibrinous exudates.
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* Haemorrhage.
      
====Histopathology====
 
====Histopathology====
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