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| | ==Proliferative Enteritis in Other Species== | | ==Proliferative Enteritis in Other Species== |
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| − | ===Granulomatous Colitis=== | + | ===[[Colitis, Granulomatous]] === |
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| − | * Affects the '''horse'''.
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| − | ** Usually young to middle age adults.
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| − | * Unknown cause.
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| − | * Is a one-off occurence rather than a herd problem.
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| − | * As in Johnes Diseaase, there is chronic ongoing diarrhoea with eventual death.
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| − | * Thickening of mucosa is seen mainly in the [[Caecum - Anatomy & Physiology|caecum]] and [[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|colon]].
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| − | ** Lamina propria contains granulomatous inflammatory tissue (as in Johnes Disease).
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| − | ** Sometimes large numbers of eosinophils are seen.
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| − | * Mesenteric lymph nodes are very large.
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| − | * At laparotomy lymph node appears like lymphosarcoma (very large).
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| − | * Cannot do much to remedy the condition once it has started.
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| − | ** Progresses to death.
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| − | ====Proposed Pathogenesis====
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| − | * Hypersensitivity reaction to trichoneme parasite?
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| − | ** Possibly an idiosyncratic response to the encysted larvae.
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| − | * Dysbacteriosis or disordered immune response?
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| | ===Porcine Adenomatosis Complex=== | | ===Porcine Adenomatosis Complex=== |