Diseases of blood vessels
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DISEASES OF THE BLOOD VESSELS
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Arterial Thrombosis and Embolism
Etiology
Parasitic arteritis
- Stronglyus vulgaris-horses
- Onchocerciasis, elaeophoriasis in cattle, sheep, goats, horses
Viral arteritis
- Bovine malignant catarrh
- Equine viral arteritis
- African horse sickness
- African swine fever
- Hog cholera
- Bluetongue
Bacterial arteritis
- Septicemic salmonelosis
- Erysipelas
- Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae
- Haemophilus sommus
Embolic arteritis and thromboembolism
- From endocarditis or arterial thrombus
- Hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia in horses.
- Fat emboli following surgery.
- In subclinical Salmonella Dublin infection in clavles
- Pulmonary embolism from jugular or caudal vena caval thrombosis
- From intrav4enous, indwelling catheters
Microangiopathy
- Vitamin E/selenium deficiency
- Cerebrospinal angiopathy
- Terminally in most septicemias
Calfcification
- Enzootic calcinosis
- Vitamin D poisoning
- Chronic hypomagnesemia in calves
- Lymphosarcoma in some horses
Vasoconstrictive agents
- Claviceps purpurea poisoning
- Acremonium coenophialum poisoning
Clinical findings
- Signs are specific for the anatomic locations (listed under seprate headings).
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