disease of lab animal

disease of lab animal

1. NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES

   • NEOPLASIA
     • literally means new growth abnormal mass of tissue caused by loss of cell cycle control, excessive n unregulated proliferation that becomes autonomous benign or malignant
     • mammary carcinoma
     • lymphomas
     • uterine adenocarcinoma
   • heredity disease
     • muscular dystrophy
     • brain, nerve n spinal cord disorders
     • kidney n urinary disorders
     • buphthalmia (increase intraocular pressure w enlargement of eyeball
     • splay leg
   • management-related disease
     • malocclusion (overgrown teeth)
     • barbering (mouse)
     • heat-exhaustion above 28'c
     • ulcerative pododermatitis (luka)
     • vertebral dislocation
     • hair ball

2. NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES

   • virus
     • mice
       • mouse hepatitis virus (mpv)
       • ectomelia virus (cause mousepox)
     • rat
       • sialodacryoadenitis
     • rabbit
       • myxomatosis
   • bacteria n mycoplasma
     • pasteurellosis
       • cause pnemonia, respiratory disease
     • salmonellasis
     • Tyzzer's disease
       • caused by Clostridium piliforme
   • fungi
   • higher parasites including protozoa n metazoa
     • Pneumocystics pneumonia