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| − | ===Cutaneous habronemiasis=== | + | ===[[Habronemiasis, Cutaneous]] === |
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| − | *In horses (also calles '''summer sores''')
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| − | *Caused by ''Habronema'' sp. or ''Draschia'' sp. - spread by [[Insecta|house flies or stable flies]]
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| − | *In traumatised or moist soft skin
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| − | *Grossly:
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| − | **Single or multiple tomorous masses that proliferate and ulcerate
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| − | **Red to brown, on section have small gritty yellow to white foci
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| − | *Microscopically:
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| − | **Nodular dermatitis
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| − | **Eosinophils, epithelioid macrophages, multinucleated giant cells
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| − | **Larvae and necrotic tissue
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| − | **Granulation tissue with [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] along ulcerated surface
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| | ===Hookworms=== | | ===Hookworms=== |
