Images were received of a bovine carcass presenting nodular lesions with a granulomatous appearance in multiple areas of the subcutaneous adipose tissue. The lesions did not extend into the underlying musculature. Their distribution was generalized, involving the neck, dorsal region, and hindquarter of the carcass. The dermis and epidermis were not affected. The lesions were […]
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An inspector has submitted a sample of a pig’s stomach (6 months old, crossbreed). During the inspection of the viscera at the abattoir, once the stomachs had been cleaned, on exiting the centrifuge, the presence of whitish miliary lesions was observed on the gastric mucosa of one of the stomachs, in the lesser curvature area.
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Samples and images were submitted of the heart of a 10 years old, female cow, of the Alpine brown breed, in which, when performing sections on the myocardium to look for lesions of bovine cysticercosis, a whitish, sub-epicardial, focal, nodular lesion, between 0.5 and 1 cm in diameter was detected. The inspector wanted to rule […]
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This edition of the “What is your diagnosis?” section is dedicated to one of the most frequent consultations we have at SESC, suspected tuberculosis.
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A case was submitted to the SESC concerning a batch of 3-month-old crossbred lambs, in which 6 carcasses presented hemorrhagic lesions. The official veterinary service suspected dog bite wounds due to the distribution of the lesions and the presence of circular wounds resembling fang entry points.
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An inquiry was received regarding a carcass of an 11-month-old Holstein calf. No relevant abnormalities were observed during the ante-mortem inspection; however, post-mortem examination revealed multiple whitish nodular lesions with a necrotic appearance, distributed in a random multifocal pattern across several organs (liver, spleen, kidney, diaphragm, heart, and skeletal muscle).
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