Year 2013 summary
During 2013 33 entries have been published in this blog in Catalan, Spanish and English language. A total of 29,010 visits with a total of 63,869 page views have been recorded.
Below is a summary of the data from this year. We take this opportunity to acknowledge the cooperation and efforts of pathologists and animal health experts in CReSA, the SDPV, and the UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, as well as that of the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (ASPC) staff, especially the veterinary meat inspectors whose contributions make the success of this page possible.
Table 1: SUSPECTED CASES and DIAGNOSES |
|||
Initial suspect in quey |
Number of queries |
% Suspect confirmation |
ALTERNATIVE DIAGNOSES |
Marek’s disease |
24 |
66% (16/24) |
Proventriculitis (2)
Squamous cell carcinoma (1) Avian Pox (1) Pustular ulcerative dermatitis (1) Diagnosis not reached (3) |
Tuberculosis |
19 |
47.4% (9/19) |
Suppurative-granulomatous lesion (bacterial) (4)
Fungal granulomas (2) Trueperella pyogenes (1) Pseudotuberculosis (1) Foreing body (1) Mesothelioma (1) |
Cysticercosis |
18 |
50% (9/18) |
Eosinophilic myositis (4)
Epithelial cyst (2) Other (3) |
Parasitic diseases (other than bovine cysticercosis) |
18 |
61% (11/18) Cisticercus tenuicollis (7) Cisticercus ovis (2) Besnoitiasis (1) Insect bite dermatitis (1) |
Bening hyperplasia (1)
Diagnosis not reached (4) Technical non-diagnostic type queries (2) |
Neoplasia |
14 |
71.4% (10/14) Lymphoma (3) Melanoma (2) Lipoma/Liposarcoma (2) Squamous cell carcinoma (1) Fibropapiloma (1) Osteocondromatosis (1) |
Orf (1)
Granulomatous pneumonia (1) Congenital liver cysts (1) Diagnosis not reached (1) |
OTHER |
(n=53) |
COMMENTS |
|
Lesions ins skin and adnexa |
13 |
Ringworm (2)
PDNS (1) Scabies (1) Papilomavirus (1) Suppurative dermatitis (1) Sialocele (1) Traumatic-type lesions (1) Unspecific haemorrhagic lesions (1) Diagnosis not reached due to carcass scalding (4) |
|
Others |
40 |
Atrophic rhinitis (5)
Interstitial nephritis / pyelonephritis (4) Fungal granuloma (2) Suppurative osteomyelitis (T. pyogenes) (2) Chronic fibrous peritonitis (2) Jaundice (2) Lymphoid neoplasia (2) Fibrinous pericarditis (2) Gout (1) Cirrhosis (1) Ischemic necrosis torsion (1) Nephroblastoma (1) Epidermoidal cyst (1) Incorrect bleeding (1) Benign spindle cells neoplasm (1) Polycyistic kidney (1) Eosinophilic myositis (1) Fat necrosis (1) Fibrinous abscessing pleuropneumonia (1) Myocardial abscess (1) Other (5) Technical non-diagnostic type queries (2) |