VPAT 3100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Candida Albicans, Hairball, Megaesophagus

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Veterinary Pathology
• Course: VPAT 3100H
• Professor: Carmichael

Document Summary

Thrush is the common term for: candida albicans (yeast infection: caused by a fungus. Esophagus: peristalsis the muscular contraction that moves food down the digestive tract. Megaesophagus aka enlarged esophagus: barium series to see stomach more clearly, when the food comes back from the esophagus: regurgitation. Hemopysis: vo(cid:373)iti(cid:374)g is(cid:374)"t regurgitatio(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:448)o(cid:373)iti(cid:374)g is a(cid:374) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e pro(cid:272)ess (cid:449)here as regurgitatio(cid:374) is , emesis can be due to things that are wrong with the gi tract, root for stomach: gastro. Types of mammalian digestive systems: monogastrics: dogs, cats, humans, pigs, ruminant: cows, sheep, goats, deer, elk, hind-gut fermenters: horses, rabbits, rodents. Bezoar: ball in the stomach: trichobezoar- hair ball, phytobezor- phyto meaning plant; in all it means plant ball, trichophytobezor: hair and plant ball, enterolith: intestines stone. Ruminants: have 4 stomach: 3 are the pre-stomachs (fore): reticulum, rumen, omasum, 4 stomachs: reticulum, omasum, rumen, abomasum (true stomach, omasum, abomasum: ab, meaning after the omasum, reticulum, hardware disease, reticulated means honey comb.