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Macroscopically, the hair coat is seen to be rough, body condition is poor and there is evidence of severe dehydration. Faecal staining may be suggestive of diarrhoea during life. The intestine itself is oedematous and petechial or ecchymotic haemorrhages may be seens on the serosal or mucosal surfaces of the jejunum and ileum. Thymic atrophy is apparent, lymph nodes are pale and oedematous and the bone marrow is gelatinous or liquid in texture. Animals infected ''in utero'' or neonatally nay show gross hypoplasia of the cerebellum,
Macroscopically, the hair coat is seen to be rough, body condition is poor and there is evidence of severe dehydration. Faecal staining may be suggestive of diarrhoea during life. The intestine itself is oedematous and petechial or ecchymotic haemorrhages may be seens on the serosal or mucosal surfaces of the jejunum and ileum. Thymic atrophy is apparent, lymph nodes are pale and oedematous and the bone marrow is gelatinous or liquid in texture. Animals infected ''in utero'' or neonatally nay show gross hypoplasia of the cerebellum,
Histologically, the cells lining the intestinal crypts undergo complete necrosis and sloughing, but little inflammation is seen. The villi are shortened and blunted (villous atrophy)and fibrinous exudates may be seen on surface of the mucosa. There is an absence of lymphocytic infiltrates in all tissues and lymphoid depletion of lymph nodes, Peyer's patches and the spleen. Eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies are formed during the early stages of infection, but these are usually not possible to observe on routine examination of sections. In neonatal and foetal infections, the granular and Purkinje cells of the cerebellum may be depleted.
Histologically, the cells lining the intestinal crypts undergo complete necrosis and sloughing, but little inflammation is seen. The villi are shortened and blunted (villous atrophy) and fibrinous exudates may be seen on surface of the mucosa. There is an absence of lymphocytic infiltrates in all tissues and lymphoid depletion of lymph nodes, Peyer's patches and the spleen. Eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies are formed during the early stages of infection, but these are usually not possible to observe on routine examination of sections. In neonatal and foetal infections, the granular and Purkinje cells of the cerebellum may be depleted.
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