07/06/2010
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Rabbit
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White multifocal lesions in rabbit livers
This type of lesion can be associated with different causes, the first two are the most common:
CAUSE |
PATHOLOGY |
DIAGNOSTIC METHOD |
Coccidiosis
(Eimeria Stiedae) |
Hyperplasia and bile ducts fibrosis. | Histopathology: microscopic observation of coccidia.
Stool Analysis. |
Parasitic migration
(Taenia pisiformis) |
Migration paths.
Granulomas. |
Histopathology |
Salmonellosis
(Salmonella typhymurium, Salmonella enteritidis) |
Focal hepatic necrosis. | Histopathology
Culture with special enrichment methods. |
Tyzzer Disease
(Clostridium piliformis) |
Focal hepatic necrosis. | Histopathology
Warthin Starry staining. |
Listeriosis
(Lysteria monocytogenes) |
Focal hepatic necrosis. | Histopathology
Bacterial culture. |
Myxomatosis
Poxvirus |
Focal hepatic necrosis. | Histopathology |
Mycobacterium | Focal hepatic caseous necrosis. | Histopathology Zhiel Neelsen staining. |
Pseudotuberculosis
(Yersinia pseudotuberculosis) |
Focal hepatic caseous necrosis. | Histopathology
Bacterial culture. |
Coronavirus | Focal hepatic necrosis. | Histopathology |
Neoplasia
Lymphoma Uterine carcinoma. |
Histopathology |