Difference between revisions of "Cutaneous Habronemiasis"
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===Clinical signs=== | ===Clinical signs=== | ||
| − | + | Single or multiple nodular lesions | |
| + | Excessive granulation tissue Pruritus | ||
| + | lesions most commonly occur on the legs, ventral abdomen, around the eyes, urethral process and prepuce and at the site of pre-existing wounds. | ||
===Biopsy=== | ===Biopsy=== | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 25 July 2010
- Caused by Habronema sp. or Draschia sp. - spread by house flies or stable flies
- In traumatised or moist soft skin
- Grossly:
- Single or multiple tomorous masses that proliferate and ulcerate
- Red to brown, on section have small gritty yellow to white foci
- Microscopically:
- Nodular dermatitis
- Eosinophils, epithelioid macrophages, multinucleated giant cells
- Larvae and necrotic tissue
- Granulation tissue with neutrophils along ulcerated surface
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This article is still under construction. |
Description
Signalment
Diagnosis
Clinical signs
Single or multiple nodular lesions Excessive granulation tissue Pruritus lesions most commonly occur on the legs, ventral abdomen, around the eyes, urethral process and prepuce and at the site of pre-existing wounds.
Biopsy
Pathology
Treatment
Prognosis
References
- Knottenbelt, D.C. A Handbook of Equine Medicine for Final Year Students University of Liverpool
- Rose, R. J. and Hodgson, D. R. (2000) Manual of Equine Practice (Second Edition) Sauders.
| Also known as: | Summer sores Granular dermatitis Bursautee |