Difference between revisions of "Enzootic Pneumonia - Calves"
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+ | A pneumonic disease which is principally of viral origin although mycoplasmas have also been implemented, which are mildly pathogenic unless secondary bacterial infection occurs. In calves a number of infectious agents are involved in the disease. These include [[Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus|Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV)]] - can be primary, causes suppression of pulmonary immune response | ||
+ | ***[[Bovine Parainfluenza - 3|Parainfluenza- 3 (PI3)]] - can be primary, causes suppression of pulmonary immune response | ||
+ | ***[[Flaviviridae|Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV)]] - suppression of pulmonary immune response | ||
+ | ***[[Adenoviridae|Adenoviruses]] | ||
+ | ***[[Coronaviridae|Calf coronavirus]] | ||
+ | ***[[Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis|Bovine herpes viruses]] | ||
+ | **Bacteria | ||
+ | ***[[Mannheimia haemolytica|''Manheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica'' serotype A1]] | ||
+ | ***[[Pasteurella multocida|''Pasteurella multocida'']] | ||
+ | ***[[Arcanobacter pyogenes|''Arcanobacter pyogenes'']] | ||
+ | ***''[[Haemophilus somnus]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 15:30, 27 July 2010
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Description
A pneumonic disease which is principally of viral origin although mycoplasmas have also been implemented, which are mildly pathogenic unless secondary bacterial infection occurs. In calves a number of infectious agents are involved in the disease. These include Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) - can be primary, causes suppression of pulmonary immune response
- Parainfluenza- 3 (PI3) - can be primary, causes suppression of pulmonary immune response
- Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) - suppression of pulmonary immune response
- Adenoviruses
- Calf coronavirus
- Bovine herpes viruses
- Bacteria
- Range of infectious agents together with managemental and environmental stress cause damage to the respiratory tract
- Causes unthriftiness in animals < 6 months old
- Usually the primary pathogen is a virus, secondary pathogens are bacteria and mycoplasmas
- Pathogens:
- Mycoplasmas
- Mycoplasmal bronchitis and pneumonia of calves is an important component of the syndrome of enzootic pneumonia
- On its own causes Mycoplasmal ("Cuffing") pneumonia responsible for bronchitis and bronchiolitis and bronchointerstitial pneumonia
- It is thought to pick up host antigens in order to prevent recognition by the body defences as foreign
- In uncomplicated mycoplasma infection, the lesions are generally mild and consist of patchy red/purple areas of atelectasis in the cranio-ventral lung lobes
- More confluent areas can develop with an underlying bronchointestitial pneumonia and resulting atelectasis
- M. bovis
- Most pathogenic
- Widespread lymphofollicular accumulations which contain germinal centres develop more slowly
- These lesions can result in narrowing of the bronchiolar lumina - this is the classical lesion of ‘cuffing pneumonia’
- M. dispar
- Ureaplasma sp.
- Viruses
- Mycoplasmas
- All transmitted by aerosol and direct contact
- Gross pathology:
- Consolidation of the cranioventral areas which increases in volume with duration
- On cut surface, exudate in the main airway of affected lobules with thickening of the surrounding connective tissue
- Micro pathology:
- Substantial lymphoid tissue around the airways
- Even to proper follicle formation, some of which may be large enough to compress the lumen
- Mixed cell exudate in the airway lumen
- Partial alveolar collapse distal to the compression
- Alveolar exudate contains a mixture of inflammatory cells
- Slight thickening of the alveolar walls with lymphocytes