Diseases of blood vessels

 DISEASES OF THE BLOOD VESSELS

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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