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===Mucormycosis===
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===[[Mucormycosis]]===
* ''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==
 
==Neutrophilic Inflammation==
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