| Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| what does a vet student learn? |
Just a little taste of my educational experiance while I'm studying for finals.
What is canine distemper?
In vet jargon:
Canine distemper is a morbillovirus affecting canids, felids, mustelids, procyonids ursids and viverridids. It is pantropic and has a particular affinty for lympoid and epithelial tissues. It is spread by aersol and spread through macrophages. It gains entry into the CNS when leukocytes from perivascular cuffs. Gross lesions are in the cerebellum and cerebellar peduncle. Histologically you'll see inclussion bodys especailly in astrocytes.
In normal (translated) form:
Canine distemper is a virus affecting dogs, cats, weasels, racoons, bears and civits. It is spread through the air and carried on immune cells to the blood vessles near the brain. If you look at an actual brain you will see weird looking sections, and you'll see some junk in the cells when you look at it under a microscope.
There you go! don't you feel smart! :) |
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