Heart Archive

What is your diagnosis? (87)

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11/08/2020

At the end of the post you can vote for the right diagnosis! (more…)

Arteriosclerosis in a calf’s myocardium

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19/03/2020

Heart of a twelve-month-old cross-breed calf presenting a focal nodular lesion of approximately 1 cm in diameter located at the subendocardial level of the left ventricle. It protrudes into the lumen of the ventricle and has a homogeneous whitish appearance and increased consistency. The sample was submitted as a suspicion of bovine Cysticercosis. (more…)

Nerve sheath tumor in the heart of a calf

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05/08/2019

In an eleven-month-old,mixed breed calf carcass, a nodular, encapsulated, lesion of about 7 cm in diameter located in the interventricular septum of the heart was observed, protruding into the right ventricle.
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Any given day in a ruminant slaughterhouse (2/2)

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22/07/2019

We continue with this second post dedicated to the lesions that were observed in condemned viscera from bovine carcasses.
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Haemorrhages in a pig carcass: Don’t panic!

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20/12/2018

With the recent detection of cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in wild boars in Belgium, anyone can see that there is a certain risk of introduction of this disease into our territory. Also Classical Swine Fever (CSF) might be introduced. Therefore it is essential that all the actors involved in the pig sector are trained and alert. Two essential aspects for the control of these diseases are biosecurity and a good system of passive surveillance that ensures an early diagnosis.

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Multiple parasitic lesions in a lamb carcass

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26/10/2016

In a 4 months old female lamb carcass multiple nodular lesions were observed, whitish, some of them calcified, in the lung, liver, heart and different skeletal muscles. (more…)