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name the dz and its lesions

horse mm. azoturia, rhybdomylysis
- moist, swollen, dark red, hamorrhages
- hyaline degeneration and necrosis of skeletal mm.
- later fibrosis,atrophy, muscle pallor
- myoglobinuric nephrosis >> kidneys: dark-black
expalin the lesion and for what dz it is for

myoglobinuric nephrosis in azoturia
Azoturia (equine paralytic myoglobinuria; Monday
morning disease)
– sequelae
- death from cardiac and renal injury
- recovery and repeated episodes —> muscularatrophy
- recovery with muscular regeneration
Tying-up (setfast, acute rhabdomyolysis)
transient
– less severe form of azoturia
– mild rhabdomyolysis
examples of azoturia in cattle n dogs
Zebu type or “wild” cattle more prone
– associated with handling and transportation over long
distances in crowded railway trucks
in dogs (racing greyhounds)
– occurs rarely
– following intense muscular exertion
Capture myopathy
wild animals and birds
following capture and/or translocation over long
distances, chase, struggle*
Capture myopathy etiopathogenesis
pronounced acidosis
Capture myopathy lesions
*bilaterally symmetrical
*pale, edematous muscles
*muscle degeneration, hemorrhage, ruptured tendons
*myocardial injury –> death from congestive heart failure
Toxic Ionophores (monensin, salinomycin, narasin)
added to feeds for poultry and ruminants for
antibiotic and growth-enhancing effects
- equidae, ruminants, dogs, birds
-
susceptibility highest in horses
– coaccidental feeding within horse feed – accidental feeding
Ionophores (monensin, salinomycin, narasin) pathogenesis
ionophores facilitate movement of cations (Na+, Ca2+) across CMs leading to disruption of normal ionic
equilibrium
Ca2+ overload causes necrosis of skeletal and cardiac muscle
death from cardiovascular collapse/shock
Toxic Ionophores (monensin, salinomycin, narasin) lesions
-monophasic multifocal segmental necrosis
– pallor
– regeneration
– myocardial fibrosis

Toxic Lesions:
• segmental necrosis in skeletal and cardiac muscle
± calcification, regeneration, fibrosis
• hemorrhage and myonecrosis
• necrosis restricted to skeletal muscle in
mycotoxicosis

Electrolyte-related myopathies
– quarter horses and related breeds
– inherited: autosomal dominant
genetic mutation in sodium channel gene
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) cs
laryngeal muscle dysfunction
• laryngospasms
trembling, weakness, collapse
metabolic acidosis
cardiotoxicity, pulmonary edema
HYPP pathogenesis
-delayed inactivaton of sodium channel activity
– uncontrolled sodium influxes into the cell
– altered voltage
– continuous myofiber electrical activity
– uncontrolled twitching
• muscle trembling, weakness and collapse
HYPP gross lesions
limited to prominent muscling
HYPP treatment
low-potassium diet;
diuresis
cs of Hypokalemia in cattle
profound weakness and recumbency
Hypokalemia in cattle etiology
- hypokalemia due to anorexia and ketosis
- glucocorticoids with high mineralocorticoid activities
• I/V administration of glucose or insulin
– insulin increases the flow of K+into cells
decreased muscle K+
• altered mitochondrial function andvasoconstriction (ischemia) → myofiber necrosis – hypokalemia →abnormal cardiac conduction
cs of Hypokalemia in cats
generalized weakness with ventriflexion of the neck
hypokalemia mechanism/pathogenesis
hyperpolarization of the cell membrane
2° excessive permeability to Na
decrease muscle K+–> interference with muscle cell function –> myofiber necrosis
• abnormal cardiac conduction
Hypokalemia in cats etiology
*abnormal skeletal muscle energy metabolism
- ischemia due to vasoconstriction
- decreased dietary intake of K+
• increased urinary excretion of K+
following chronic renal disease
- 2º to GIT disease or inappropriate fluid therapy
- hyperthyroidism: increases activity of Na-K-ATPase
Hypokalemia lesions in cats
myofiber necrosis
• ± chronic interstitial nephritis
myofiber necrosis
• ± chronic interstitial nephritis
lesions of hypokalemia in cats











