Difference between revisions of "Equine Adenovirus"

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Rarely causes primary disease
Exception: immune-compromised Arab foals (showing both B/T cell deficiencies), causing necrotising bronchiolitis

Adenovirus in equine lung (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)

Adenoviridae
May cause necrotising bronchiolitis in immune-deficient foals (Arabian foals)
Grossly:
- Atelectasis and consolidation of lobules in cranioventral region
- Mucopurulent exudate in airways
Histologically:
- Severe bronchiolitis, necrotising -> proliferative
- Bronchiolar obstruction by sloughed debri and neutrophils -> alveolar atelectasis
May lead to secondary bacterial infections

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 *Rarely causes primary disease
-*Exception: immune-compromised Arab foals (showing both B/T cell deficiencies), causing necrotising [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Equine adenovirus|bronchiolitis]][[Category:Adenoviridae]][[Category:Horse]]
+*Exception: immune-compromised Arab foals (showing both B/T cell deficiencies), causing necrotising [[Respiratory Viral Infections - Pathology#Equine adenovirus|bronchiolitis]]
+[[Image:Adenovirus in equine lung.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Adenovirus in equine lung (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
+*[[Adenoviridae|Adenoviridae]]
+*May cause necrotising [[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of bronchitis or bronchiolitis|bronchiolitis]] in immune-deficient foals (Arabian foals)
+*Grossly:
+**[[Lungs Ventilation - Pathology#Atelectasis (Collapse)|Atelectasis]] and consolidation of lobules in cranioventral region
+**Mucopurulent exudate in airways
+*Histologically:
+**Severe bronchiolitis, necrotising -> proliferative
+**Bronchiolar obstruction by sloughed debri and [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] -> alveolar atelectasis
+*May lead to secondary bacterial infections
+[[Category:Adenoviridae]][[Category:Horse]]
 [[Category:To_Do_-_Viruses]]