Disease Images

Disease Images: Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia

Additional resources for Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia


Description:
Bovine, lungs. Most of the pleural surface is covered by abundant fibrin and fibrous tissue.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_001

Description:
Bovine, pleural cavity. Large sheets of fibrin cover the costal and diaphragmatic pleura, and form pockets containing straw-colored fluid.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_002

Description:
Bovine, pleural cavity. There is a thick plaque (adhesion) of fibrous tissue on the costal pleura.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_003

Description:
Bovine, lung. Most of the parenchyma is dull, tan, and contains multiple cavities (necrotic); since it is partially surrounded by a fibrous capsule, this necrotic zone is termed a sequestrum. In the viable tissue above and below the sequestrum, the interlobular septa are markedly thickened by fibrous tissue.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_004

Description:
Bovine, lung. Interlobular septa are markedly thickened by fibrous tissue, and also contain small depressions (air pockets = emhysema). Lobules are reddened and wet (congestion and edema).

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_005

Description:
Bovine, lung. In the ventral portion of this lung (left side of the image), interlobular septa and the pleura are markedly thickened with fibrous tissue; this pneumonic lung is sharply demarcated from the relatively normal dorsal portion tissue.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_006

Description:
Bovine, lung. The pleura and underlying interlobular septa are severely thickened by fibrous tissue. Lung parenchyma at the lower left is dull and tan (sequestrum).

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_007

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Bovine, tracheobronchial lymph node. This bisected node is enlarged (hyperplasia) and contains a focal area of hemorrhage.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_008

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Bovine, heart. The pericardial sac contains abundant pale turbid fluid.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_009

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Bovine, heart. The pericardial wall is markedly thickened, and the pericardial sac contains abundant pale tan, turbid fluid.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_010

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Bovine, incised pericardium. The sac is distended with abundant turbid, tan fluid, and abundant fibrin coats the pericardial surfaces.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_011

Description:
Bovine, carpus. The joint capsule and adjacent extensor tendon sheath are markedly thickened and contain excessive fluid. The tendon sheath synovium is congested and covered by small flecks of fibrin.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_012

Description:
Bovine, carpus. There is abundant fibrin within the synovial space and on the synovium, and articular cartilages contain a few small erosions.

Credit: PIADC
Photo ID: CBP_013

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and Dr. Claire Andreasen and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), and Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC).