Clinical Symptoms and PM Lesions

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND PM LESIONS

Clinical symptoms

  • Anorexia, excessive thirst, salivation, initially diarrhoea followed by constipation, polyuria followed by anuria, nasal discharge and weak pulse, normal body temperature but ear and skin remain cold, muscle rigidity, hyperexcitability, blindness, stumbling, walking backwards or in circles, pedalling of limbs, recurrent convulsive seizures, recumbency, coma and death.
  • Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis is noticed in swine. Pruritus, ataxia, dog sitting posture, blindness, convuslsions, comatose and paddling are also noticed.
  • Intense thirst, respiratory distress, fluid discharge from beak, weakness, wet faeces and limb paralysis are noticed in poultry.
  • Congestion and inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, renal congestion, oedema of the cerebral cortex, acute inflammatory changes in the gastric and intestinal lining, oedema of tissues and body cavity.
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