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PATHOLOGY OF MAMMARY DISEASE (Normal Physiology (Function (Neonatal…
PATHOLOGY OF MAMMARY DISEASE
Normal Physiology
Develop from ventrolateral ectoderm
Alveoli
Myoepithelial cells
Control milk flow
Stratified squamous epithelium
Smegma
Waxy material (Epithelial debris + milk solids)
Function
Neonatal nutrition
Passive immunity
Congenital Conditions
Non Infectious
Galactorrhea
Malformation
Aplasia
Hypoplasia
Inversion
Non-patency
Supernumerary teats
Melanosis
Trauma
Mastitis
Inflammation of the mammary gland due to disruption of microenvironment
Routes
Percutaneous
Invasion of teat canal
Haematogenous
Commonly seen in production species
Pathogenesis
Trauma and cell damage
Bacterial invasion of the udder and proliferation
Tissue penetration and and inflammation
Epithelial cell death
Exudation
Desquamation
Clinical mastitis
Changes in milk and/or gland
Sequelae
Involution of gland
FIbrosis
Chronic infection
Abscessation
Sloughing of gangrenous tissue
Death
Mastitis in other species
Sheep and Goats
Contributing factors
Teat injuries
Udder chilling
High bacteria reservoirs/ high stocking densities
Aetiological agents
Staph. aureus
Mannhemia haemolytics
Signs
Acute nectrotising/ gangrenous disease
Sudden death due to toxaemia
Typically affects one gland
Bluish gland
Watery milk
FIbrosis and/or chronic abscesses
Vascular thrombosis
Sloughing off of mammary gland
Sows
Contributory factors
Intensive breeding units
Hygiene/husbandry levels
Teat injuries
Mastitis-metritis-agalactia syndrom
Agalactia
Swollen, firm mammary glands
Pyrexia
Lethargy
Horses
Uncommon
Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Dogs and Cats
Lactating animals
Galactostasis
Streptococcus and Staphylococcus spp.
Bovine
Aetiological agents
Contagious
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus aureus
Environmental
E.coli
Dirty bedding
Faecal material
Clinical signs
Subclinical
Clinical
5 signs of inflammation
Redness
Heat
Swelling
Pain
Decreased milk production
Watery thin/ bloody milk with flakes, clots/ purulent material
Inflammatory patterns
Acute Catarrhal
subclinical
Streptococcus
Hyperaemia
Interstitial oedema
Lymphatic dilation
Migration of neutrophils
Acute suppurative
Bacterial penetration
Production of purulent material
Staphyloccoci
Trueperella
Necrotising
May lead to
Gangrene of gland
Death
T. pyogenes
S. aureus
Endotoxic shock syndrome
E. coli
Signs
Fever
Anaemia
Hypocalcaemia
Haemorrhage of mamary gland
Oedema
Chronic suppurative
Staphyloccoci
Trueperella
Actinobacillus
Nocardia asteroides
Atypical mycobacteria
Other types
Summer mastitis
Mixed infection with Trueperella pyogenes
Pre-existing injury
Galactophoritis
Necrosuppurative inflammation
Mycoplasma mastitis
Signs
Agalactia
Firm, swollen gland
Painless gland
+/- concurrent arthritis
Acute
Neutrophil emigration
Chronic
Alveolar and ductal hyperplasia
Tuberculous mastitis
Mycoplasma bovis
Haematogenous
Mammary Mass
Non-neoplastic
Mammary ductal and lobular hyperplasia
Mammary fibroepithelial hyperplasia
Neoplastic
Mammary gland neoplasia in dogs
Mammary gland neoplasia in cats