Diseases of Digestive System

By
Dr. Ali H. Sadiek
Prof. of Internal Veterinary Medicine and Clinical
Laboratory Diagnosis

Dept. of Animal Medicine

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Assiut University- Assiut, EGYPT

E-mail: Sadiek59@yahoo.com

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 Diseases of the Oral cavity
.Lip & Gum Exam• Swelled cheek•

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 I- Stomatitis
Inflammation of mouth cavity, tongue,
gums, palates. It is cH. by:
• Anorexia, Excessive salivation
• Mouth lesions (Abrasions, vesicles,
pustules, ulcers etc.)
• Swellings of adjacent L. Nodes.
• It may be primary or sec. to other
diseases ( Indigesion, vit. C def.) or
assoc. FMD, RP, POX MHCV, VS, etc).

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 Causes and types of Stomatitis
1-Bacterial stomatitis oral necrobacillosis:
 usually necrotic and is manifested by
ulceration and suppuration.
 caused by spherophorus necrophorus.
2-Mycotic stomatitis:
 infection with Monilia spp. fungi.
 It usually form a heavy white deposit with
little inflammation or damage to the
mucosa.

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3- Viral stomatitis:
b) Vesicular stomatitis:
 Vesicular lesions are thin-walled vesicles 1-2
cm in diameter, filled with clear serous fluid.
When rupture it leaves sharp edged shallow
ulcers as in cases of FMD, VSt. and V.Exanth.
d) Erosive stomatitis:
 Erosive lesions are shallow, usually discrete
areas of necrosis.
 lesions occurs commonly on the lingual
mucosa and at the commissars of the mouth.
 The lesions penetrate deeply to the lamina
propria.
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3- Viral stomatitis:
 The erosive and secondary ulcerative
stomatitis occurs in: Rinderpest,
mucosal disease, blue tongue,
infectious ulcerative stomatitis.
 Ulcerative dermatitis (ORF), sheep-pox
and contagious exanthema are primarily
skin diseases but may involve the
alimentary tract including the oral cavity.
 Proliferative form occur in proliferative
stomatitis, papular stomatitis and in rare
cases of papillomatosis.

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Clinical signs of Stomatitis
1- Excessive salivation,

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 Mouth lesions trauma, hemorrages, ulcers -2
((left), 3- Vesicles (right

Salivation, ulcers “Rabies

Large sublingual Vesicles- Susp. RP

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Lacerated tongue, 5- Mouth bleeding FMD, RP-4

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6- Abrasions, Pustules, Ulcers & Nodules
Camel and Rabbit pox

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7- Abrasions, vesicles, Pustules, Hemorrages
(Peste
( des petits ruminants (PPR)

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 Treatments of stomatitis
In primary stomatitis:
Antispetics: 2 % Copper sulphates,
2 % Borax, 1 % Sulpha and glycerin,
1 % Acriflavin and glycerin.
In Ulcerative stomatitis:
Curate ulcers and apply silver nitrate.
In all cases I.V./I.M. antibiotics if necessary.
Separate feeding with easily digestible food or
parentrally fed.
:In secondary stomatitis
Managed according to each diseased condition
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 (II- Glossoplegia (Tongue paralysis
ِAll Inflammatory diseases and trauma may also result in
transient glossoplegia.
species

Newborns As a result of the placement of obstetric snares

In cattle May assoc. severe actinobacillosis

Complete tongue paralysis and necrosis of
the tip may be seen in outbreaks in feedlot
cattle and may follow viral stomatitis.
In Horse It may follow strangles, upper respiratory infections

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 II- Glossoplegia (Tongue paralysis)
• Central Glossoplegia may follow meningitis,
botulism, encephalo-myelitis, leuko-
encephalomalacia, or cerebral abscessation
in horses.
Management and treatment:
• Prepheral or central glossoplegia should be
managed carefully to ensure eating and
ingestion of colostrum.
• IV Fluid therapy and anti-inflammatory.
• Prognosis is unfavorable, If it persists for
>10 days after birth.
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II- Glossoplegia (Tongue paralysis)

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 III- Lip, Mandible and tooth affections

• Most common in horses.

• They may be caused by a fall, a
kick, or any trauma.
• It may be accompanied by
mandibular or incisive bone and
dental fractures
• Healing is usually rapid. However,
once penetrated fistula may occur.
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 -IVSlaframine Toxicosis
• Caused by ingestion of forages, e.g clovers,
infected with the fungus Rhizoctonia
leguminicola , which produces the toxic
alkaloid slaframine.
• Diagnostic signs
are profuse salivation;
no mouth lesions.
• Differential diagnoses
bluetongue, ves. stomatitis,
ves.exanthema, and FMD.
• Removal of infected forages results in rapid
recovery.
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