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See also [[Peritoneal Cavity - Parasitic Pathology|'''Peritoneal Cavity - Parasitic Pathology''']]
See also [[Peritoneal Cavity - Parasitic Pathology|'''Peritoneal Cavity - Parasitic Pathology''']]
==Consequences of Peritonitis==
Initially, the GI tract of affected animals is hypermotile but this quickly progresses to hypomotility and paralytic ileus. This hypomotility may be appreciable on auscultation in large animals in which borborygmi should normally be audible.
Initially, the GI tract of affected animals is hypermotile but this quickly progresses to hypomotility and paralytic ileus. This hypomotility may be appreciable on auscultation in large animals in which borborygmi should normally be audible.
*May resolve, become chronic-active or lead to adhesions.
*May resolve, become chronic-active or lead to adhesions.
==Peritonitis in the Domestic Species==
===Dogs and Cats===
===Dogs and Cats===
See [[Peritonitis - Cats and Dogs]].
See [[Peritonitis - Cats and Dogs]].
===Cattle===
===Cattle===
Peritonitis may occur due to traumatic or iatrogenic perforation of an abdominal organ, usually the [[The Reticulum - Anatomy & Physiology|reticulum]] or [[[[Female Reproductive Tract -The Uterus - Anatomy & Physiology|uterus]]. This produces an acute diffuse fibrinopurulent peritonitis or, in some cases, the inflammation may be confined to a smaller area of the peritoneal cavity by the exuberant formation of fibrous tissue.
[[Traumatic Reticulitis|Traumatic reticuloperitonitis]] occurs when an ingested foreign body becomes lodged in the reticulum and subsequently perforates this organ. This usually produces a localised peritonitis between the reticulum and diaphragm but, in severe cases and in cows around parturition, generalised inflammation may develop. The foreign body me penetrate cranially through the diaphragm and into the pericardial sac. Potential sequelae include acute haemorrhage due to penetration of the left gastro-epiploic artery and vagal indigestion.
Local chronic peritonitis, abscesses containing usually ''[[Actinomyces pyogenes]]''
Other less common causes of peritonitis in cattle include:
*Fibrinopurulent peritonitis through umbilical infection in calves
*Fibrinopurulent peritonitis after umbilical infection in calves
*Fibrinous peritonitis in calves with septicaemic colibacillosis
*Fibrinous peritonitis in calves with septicaemic [[Escherichia coli|colibacillosis]]
*Serofibrinous peritonitis in sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
*Serofibrinous peritonitis associated with sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis
*Diffuse fibrinohaemorrhagic peritonitis in clostridial haemoglobinuria
*Diffuse fibrinohaemorrhagic peritonitis with clostridial haemoglobinuria caused by ''[[Clostridium haemolyticum]]''
*Localised peritonitis in [[Septicaemia and Enteritis, Bacterial|clostridial enterotoxaemia]] ([[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'' types B and C]] and braxy)
*Localised peritonitis in [[Septicaemia and Enteritis, Bacterial|clostridial enterotoxaemia]] caused by ''[[Clostridium perfringens type B]]'' and ''[[Clostridium perfringens type C|type C]] and ''[[Clostridium septicum|Cl. septicum]]'' ('Braxy')
===Sheep===
===Sheep===
Fibrinopurulent peritonitis may occur in postpartum ewes that develop septic metritis due uterine contamination at parturition or retention of a lamb or a portion of the placenta.
Serofibrinous peritonitis may occur in diseases caused by [[:Category:Mycoplasmas|''Mycoplasma spp'']].
Peritonitis may also occur after penetration of the intestines by larvae of [[Oesophagostomum|''Oesophagostomum columbianum'']].
===Goats===
===Goats===
Acute fibrinous peritonintis may be caused by infection with [[Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides|''Mycoplasma mycoides'']].
===Pigs===
Diffuse fibrinopurulent peritonitis may occur with severe systemic infections of ''[[Actinomyces pyogenes]]'', [[Escherichia coli|''Escherichia coli'']] or other bacterial organisms.
Serofibrinous peritonitis occurs in '''Glasser’s disease''' caused by ''[[Haemophilus parasuis]]'' as part of a more severe polyserositis affecting the pleural cavity, pericardium and synovial spaces. Serofibrinous peritonitis may also be caused by infection with [[:Category:Mycoplasmas|''Mycoplasma spp'']] or septicaemias caused by ''[[Streptococcus suis]]'' type 2.
Acute gelatinous haemorrhagic peritonitis may occur as part of a systemic disease caused by ''[[Bacillus anthracis]]'' ('''Anthrax''')
==References==
==References==
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