Equine Multinodular Pulmonary Fibrosis

	Equine Multinodular Pulmonary Fibrosis Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic lung disease The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in many animals, including humans. In mammals and most other tetrapods, two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of the heart. Their function in the respiratory syst ... of horses. There is evidence that the disease is caused by infection with a gammaherpesvirus, equine herpesvirus 5. The disease usually affects adult horses reducing their ability to exercise as a result of the formation of nodular lesions in the lungs. Signs and symptoms Signs of equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis are mainly weight loss, fever, respiratory distress and depression. Unwillingness to move, mild cough and intermittent tachypnea have been reported. When the disease progresses, the general condition of the horse usually deteriorates, showing possible signs as severe dyspnea, hypoxemia or nasal discharge. Diagnosis Generally EMPF has been catego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
picture info	Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both List of domesticated animals, domesticated and wildlife, wild, with a wide range of conditions that can affect different species. Veterinary medicine is widely practiced, both with and without professional supervision. Professional care is most often led by a veterinarian, veterinary physician (also known as a veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, or "vet"), but also by paraveterinary workers, such as veterinary nurses, veterinary technicians, and veterinary assistants. This can be augmented by other paraprofessionals with specific specialties, such as animal physiotherapy or dentistry, and species-relevant roles such as farriers. Veterinary science helps human health through the monitoring and control of Zoonosis, zoonoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
picture info	Lung Disease The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in many animals, including humans. In mammals and most other tetrapods, two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of the heart. Their function in the respiratory system is to extract oxygen from the atmosphere and transfer it into the bloodstream, and to release carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the atmosphere, in a process of gas exchange. Respiration is driven by different muscular systems in different species. Mammals, reptiles and birds use their musculoskeletal systems to support and foster breathing. In early tetrapods, air was driven into the lungs by the pharyngeal muscles via buccal pumping, a mechanism still seen in amphibians. In humans, the primary muscle that drives breathing is the diaphragm. The lungs also provide airflow that makes vocalisation including speech possible. Humans have two lungs, a right lung and a left lung. They are situated within the thoracic cavity of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Gammaherpesvirus ''Gammaherpesvirinae'' is a subfamily of viruses in the order ''Herpesvirales'' and in the family ''Herpesviridae''. Viruses in ''Gammaherpesvirinae'' are distinguished by reproducing at a more variable rate than other subfamilies of ''Herpesviridae''. Mammals serve as natural hosts. Viruses associated with disease in this subfamily include Epstein–Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Taxonomy Herpesviruses represent a group of double-stranded DNA viruses distributed widely within the animal kingdom. The family ''Herpesviridae'', which contains eight viruses that infect humans, is the most extensively studied group within this order and comprises three subfamilies, namely ''Alphaherpesvirinae'', ''Betaherpesvirinae'' and ''Gammaherpesvirinae''. Genera ''Gammaherpesvirinae'' consists of the following seven genera: * ''Bossavirus'' * ''Lymphocryptovirus'' * ''Macavirus'' * ''Manticavirus'' * ''Patagivirus'' * ''Percavirus'' * ''Rhadinovirus'' Structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]
	Equine Herpesvirus 5 Equid gammaherpesvirus 5 (EHV-5), also called Equine herpesvirus 5, is a species of virus in the genus ''Percavirus'', subfamily ''Gammaherpesvirinae'', family ''Herpesviridae'', and order ''Herpesvirales''. It is thought to be the cause of a chronic lung disease of adult horses; equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic lung disease The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in many animals, including humans. In mammals and most other tetrapods, two lungs are located near the backbone .... References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q15991450, from2=Q24808777 Horse diseases Gammaherpesvirinae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon]