April 20, 2006

NT-12

Do you like cartoons? Most children do as long as they’re not too scary. Here’s one they might stare at over and over again.

CartoonFW

Do you like apples?

Nt-12

NT-12 did. She just couldn’t stand up to eat them without help anymore. Or drink, or swallow, or breathe.

1. Caseous Lymphadenitis with:
a-Nephritis, suppurative (abscesses), multifocal (embolic), bilateral
b-Internal abscesses in: abdominal wall, diaphragm, liver, internal iliac lymph nodes
c-Positive serology for C. pseudotuberculosis

Etiology: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

2. Stomatitis, locally extensive, necrotizing, with plant material. Probable traumatic (food) etiology
3. Low copper and vitamin E status
4. Sarcocystis spp. infestation, severe, incidental
5. Glomerulosclerosis, multifocal, chronic
6. Fungal culture pending
7. Scrapie results pending

Pathologist's notes state: "These sheep had multifocal health problems including caseous lymphadenitis, copper and vitamin E deficiency and severe Sarcocystis spp. infestation. Please consider reviewing the health and nutritional management of the flock to control/prevent these problems in other animals."

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How’d ya like those apples?

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