Infectious Diseases of Liver

equine herpes virus 1 is also known as

abortigenic equine herpesvirus

feline herpesvirus 1 is also known as

feline viral rhinotracheitis

bovine herpesvirus 1 is also known as

infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

suid herpesvirus 1 is also known as

pseudorabies

what is the virus responsible for canine infectious hepatitis (CIH)?

canine adenovirus 1

Theilers disease is also known as

equine serum hepatitis

what is the causative agent for theilers disease?

equine parvovirus-hepatitis

what is the classical lesion seen in the liver of a horse infected with Theilers disease?

dish rag liver

tyzzers disease is caused by

clostridium piliforme

cestodes that attack the liver

• Stilesia hepatica and Thysanosoma actinoides

• Echinococcus granulosus

• Echinococcus multilocularis

host species for Stilesia hepatica and Thysanosoma actinoides

ruminants

host species for Echinococcus granulosus

ruminants

host species for Echinococcus multilocularis

red and arctic fox, coyotes, raccoon, dogs, wolves

nematodes that attack the liver

• Coladium hepaticum (Capillaria hepatica)

host species for Coladium hepaticum

• usual host is rodents

• sporadic infestations in dogs

what stage of Coladium hepaticum causes traumatic hepatitis?

adult

what stage of Coladium hepaticum caused localized granulomas?

larvae

Trematodes that attack the liver

• Fasciolidae (Fasciola hepatica)

• Dicrocoeliidae (platynosomum concinnum)

• Schistosomatidae (Heterobilharzia americana)

• Opisthorchiidae (Metorchis spp., Opisthorchis felineus, Clonorchis sinensis, Pseudoamphistomum truncatum)

what trematode creates granulomatous inflammation?

Schistosomatidae (Heterobilharzia americana)

host species of Fasciolidae (Fasciola hepatica)

ruminants

what lesions does Fasciolidae (Fasciola hepatica) cause?

cholangitis

host species for Dicrocoeliidae (platynosomum concinnum)

cats

what lesions does Dicrocoeliidae (platynosomum concinnum) create?

cholangitis

host species for Opisthorchiidae (Metorchis spp., Opisthorchis felineus, Clonorchis sinensis, Pseudoamphistomum truncatum)

carnivores

predilection site for Opisthorchiidae (Metorchis spp., Opisthorchis felineus, Clonorchis sinensis, Pseudoamphistomum truncatum)

bile ducts

protozoal infections of the liver include

• Toxoplasma

• Neospora

• Leishmania

• Hepatozoon canis

• Cytauxzoon felis

• Sarcocystis neurona

fungal infections of the liver include

• Aspergillus fumigatus

• Zygomycetes

• Histoplasma capsulatum

• Cryptococcus spp.

• coccidioides immitis

• Sporothrix schenckii

• Aspergillus spp.

• Prototheca

what is the causative agent of coccidiosis in rabbits?

Eimeria stediae