Difference between revisions of "Category:Gastric Ulceration"

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====[[Gastric Ulceration - Pig]]====
[[Gastric Ulceration - all species]]
 
* Gastic ulceration is quite common in the pig- May be seen in 50-60% of pigs arriving at slaughterhouses.
 
* Has serious economic consequences.
 
 
 
*'''Clinical'''
 
** Occasionally a well-grown pig will drop dead.
 
*** Deep ulcers have eroded into a blood vessel, causing massive haemorrhage into the [[Forestomach - Anatomy & Physiology|stomach]] from and producing death very rapidly.
 
** If long standing ulcers do not result in death, they do produce pain and discomfort.
 
*** Give low growth rate and poor feed conversion.
 
 
 
*'''Pathogenesis'''
 
** Gastric ulceration is associated with modern pig rearing, but the exact cause is unknown.
 
** Causes are associated with gastric hyperacidity, and gastric ulceration is probably a multifactorial disease.
 
** The following are suggested as possible causes:
 
*** Infection, e.g. ''Candida albicans'', ''Streptococci'', ''Staphylococci'' and mixes of these.
 
*** Copper toxicity- this is probably more significant.
 
**** Pigs are fed copper as growth promoter; 50 ppm is know to be toxic, and animals are often fed 250 ppm.
 
*** Vitamin E / Selenium deficiency.
 
*** Feeding on concrete floors.
 
**** Sand is licked up whe pigs eat.
 
*** Feeding finely milled cereal.
 
*** Stress
 
*** Possibly genetic factors.
 
 
 
*'''Pathology'''
 
** Most commonly affects pars oesophagea (squamous or non-glandular portion).
 
** Starts with hyperkeratosis in the stratum corneum
 
*** Appears rough and thickened
 
*** May stop at this stage.
 
** In approximately 30% of animals, the lesion starts to erode and quite deep ulcers may develop.
 
** In a significant small number ,very deep ulcers develop and may affect virtually all of pars oesophagea.
 
** Histologically, ulcers are large and flask-shaped ulcer with fibrin, necrosis, erosion and fibrosis at base.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Stomach_and_Abomasum_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]]
 
[[Category:Stomach_and_Abomasum_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]]

Revision as of 13:14, 29 May 2010

Pages in category "Gastric Ulceration"

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