Affections Of Specific Parts and Organs of Food Animals
- VI. Affections of the Heart
Pericardium
1.Traumatic Pericarditis
Causative agent: Foreign body (wire).
Judgment: Total
condemnation if there is fever, emaciation and or serous infiltration.
2.Tuberculous
Pericarditis
Causative agent: Mycobacterium spp.
Judgment: Follow TB protocol.
3. Hydropericardium
Causative agent: Generalized edema.
Judgment: Condemn affected heart.
4.Pericarditis
Causative agent: Swine fever, salmonellosis, pasteurellosis
Judgment: Condemn affected heart; total condemnation if there is systemic disturbance.
Epicardium
1.Fibrinous Epicarditis
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Causative agent: In pig , swine erysipelas ,However, in cattle the condition occurs as a result of traumatic pericarditis. Judgment: Condemn affected heart. |
2. Subepicardial petechial Hemorrhage
Causative agent: Septicemia.
Judgment: Total condemnation.
Myocardium
1.Myocardial Degeneration
In the form of cloudy swelling and pathological fatty changes. It is associated with toxic affections of the carcass and infectious febrile conditions.
Judgment: Condemn affected heart.
2.Myocardial Abscesses
It may be seen in the myocardium due to penetration of foreign bodies from the reticulum and /or pyemia.
3.Myocarditis
Causative agent: It occurs in all infectious febrile conditions as septic meteritis, septic mastitis, listeriosis and /or toxoplasmosis.
Judgment: Condemn affected heart; total condemnation if there is systemic disturbance.
4.Tiger Heart
5.Brown Atrophy
Causative agent: The heart reduced in size, flabby, wrinkled, and brown in color due to accumulation of numerous pigment granules. The affection accompanied wasting diseases as TB.
Judgment: Condemn affected heart.
6.Parasitic Affections
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Causative agent: Cysticercus spp., Hydatid cysts, Linguatula, Sarcocystis Judgment: Condemn affected heart / carcass: Depend on causative agent. |
Endocardium
1.Vegetative Endocarditis
Causative agent: Chronic swine erysipelas.
Judgment: Total condemnation.
2.Ulcerative Endocarditis
Causative agent: Streptococci, C. pyogenes
Judgment: Total condemnation if there is systemic disturbance.
3.Subendocardial Hemorrhage
Causative agent: Septicemia, enterotoxaemia
Judgment: Total condemnation.