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    Ulcerative lymphangitis is a contagious disease of horses and cattle caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. It is characterized by lymphangitis of the lower limbs, resulting in swelling, pain, lameness, and the development of nodules and ulcers that discharge a creamy green pus. While lesions may heal within 1-2 weeks, fresh crops of lesions can persist for up to a year. Diagnosis involves culture and identification of the bacterium. Treatment consists of surgical drainage and administration of procaine penicillin or tetracyclines. Control relies on good hygiene and disinfection of injuries in stables.

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    Ulcerative lymphangitis is a contagious disease of horses and cattle caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. It is characterized by lymphangitis of the lower limbs, resulting in swelling, pain, lameness, and the development of nodules and ulcers that discharge a creamy green pus. While lesions may heal within 1-2 weeks, fresh crops of lesions can persist for up to a year. Diagnosis involves culture and identification of the bacterium. Treatment consists of surgical drainage and administration of procaine penicillin or tetracyclines. Control relies on good hygiene and disinfection of injuries in stables.

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    Ulcerative lymphangitis is a contagious disease of horses and cattle caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. It is characterized by lymphangitis of the lower limbs, resulting in swelling, pain, lameness, and the development of nodules and ulcers that discharge a creamy green pus. While lesions may heal within 1-2 weeks, fresh crops of lesions can persist for up to a year. Diagnosis involves culture and identification of the bacterium. Treatment consists of surgical drainage and administration of procaine penicillin or tetracyclines. Control relies on good hygiene and disinfection of injuries in stables.

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    Ulcerative Lymphangitis

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    Ulcerative lymphangitis is a contagious disease of horses and cattle caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. It is characterized by lymphangitis of the lower limbs, resulting in swelling, pain, lameness, and the development of nodules and ulcers that discharge a creamy green pus. While lesions may heal within 1-2 weeks, fresh crops of lesions can persist for up to a year. Diagnosis involves culture and identification of the bacterium. Treatment consists of surgical drainage and administration of procaine penicillin or tetracyclines. Control relies on good hygiene and disinfection of injuries in stables.

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    ULCERATIVE LYMPHANGITIS

    OF HORSES & CATTLE

    Dr. Muhammad Avais


    Department of Veterinary
    Medicine
    UVAS, Lahore
    • Contagious disease of horses and
    cattle

    • Lymphangitis of lower limbs


    ETIOLOGY
    • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
    ---------classical disease
    • facultative intracellular parasite
    • Gram-positive, pleomorphic rod
    • non-motile, aerobic, non-spore
    forming
    • Streptococci, staphylococci,
    Rhodococcus equi, Pseudomonas
    auroginosa
    PATHOGENESIS

    ❖ Skin wound infection-------------invasion of


    lymphatic vessels---------development of
    abscess

    ❖ Unusual lymphnode involvement


    CLINICAL SIGNS
    ❖ Horse --------initial wound infection
    ❖ Swelling and pain of pastern
    ❖ Lameness
    ❖ Unilateral or bilateral
    ❖ Nodules in subcut tissues (around fetlock)
    ❖ Nodule rupture
    ❖ Creamy green pus discharge
    ❖ Ulcers with ragged edges and necrotic
    base
    CLINICAL SIGNS

    ❖ Lesion heal in 1-2 weeks


    ❖ But fresh crops may occur
    ❖ Persistence of disease for upto year
    ❖ Lesion in cattle similar as in horses
    ❖ May be lymphnodes enlargement
    ❖ Ulcers discharge gelatinous clear
    exudate
    Lymphadenitis and Lymphangitis:
    Equine Ulcerative Bovine ulcerative
    DIAGNOSIS

    ❖ CF

    ❖ Isolation and identification of


    organism
    DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

    ❖ Glanders

    ❖ Epizootic lymphangitis

    ❖ Sporotrichosis
    TREATMENT

    ❖ Surgical drainage
    ❖ Procaine penicillin @ 20000-80000
    IU/Kg b.i.d IM
    ❖ Tetracyclines
    ❖ Autogenous vaccine but doubtful
    efficacy
    ❖ Guarded prognosis in later stages
    CONTROL

    ❖ Good hygiene in stables

    ❖ Careful disinfection of injuries to


    lower limbs

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