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==Description==
==Description==
Caused by [[Burkholderia mallei|''Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) mallei'']]
==Signalment==
==Signalment==
Equidae are most commonly affected, horses tend to get the chronic form and mules and donkeys the acute form.
The disease was once widespread in the UK but was eradicated in 1928 and is now a Notifiable disease. Distribution is limited to parts of SE Asia, The Middle East, India, North Africa, China and Mongolia.
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Clinical Signs===
===Clinical Signs===
==References==
==References==
*Characterised by multiple small submucosal [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|nasal nodules]] which liquefy and ulcerate
*Characterised by multiple small submucosal [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|nasal nodules]] which liquefy and ulcerate
**Cores of [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] surrounded by a rim of macrophages and [[Chronic Inflammation - Pathology#Granulation tissue|granulation tissue]]
**Cores of [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] surrounded by a rim of macrophages and [[Chronic Inflammation - Pathology#Granulation tissue|granulation tissue]]
*Clinical signs: fever and head/ neck lymphadenitis, [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|rhinitis]]
*Clinical signs: fever and head/ neck lymphadenitis, [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|rhinitis]]
*Pathogenesis:
*Pathogenesis:
**Transmited by ingestion of food/water contaminated by nasal discharge of infected ''Equidae''; occasionally via inhalation or skin wounds
**Transmited by ingestion of food/water contaminated by nasal discharge of infected ''Equidae''; occasionally via inhalation or skin wounds