Pleuritis

  • Inflammation of the pleura
  • Common in animals
  • Inflammatory agents reach the pleura by:
  • Common acute forms:
    • Purulent
    • Fibrinous
      • Common sequele:
        • Organising fibrinous pleuritis in which the visceral pleura becomes enveloped in a restrictive fibrous blanket
        • Pleural adhesions, especially common in ruminants and pigs
  • Granulomatous pleuritis may cause hypertrophic osteopathy

Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)

Infectious causes of pleuritis

. VIRAL BACTERIAL FUNGAL PARASITIC
Dogs . Nocardia . .
. . Actinomyces and Bacteroides spp. . .
. . Tuberculosis . .
Cats FIP P. multocida and other Gram-negative organisms . .
Horses Hendra virus extension from nasopharyngeal flora . .
. . Streptococci . .
Cattle . Pneumonic pasteurellosis . .
. . Tuberculosis . .
. . Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia . .
Sheep . Enzootic pneumonia . .
Pigs Swine influenza Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae . .
. . Pasteurellosis . .
. . Contagious porcine pleuropneumonia . .
. . Glasser's disease . .

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