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Image Database: Malignant Catarrhal Fever

Additional Resources:
Malignant Catarrhal Fever Factsheet
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Malignant Catarrhal Fever Speaker Notes

View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_001 Description: Bovine, muzzle. Multiple shallow erosions are filled with dried nasal exudate. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_002 Description: Bovine, muzzle. The muzzle is hyperemic, multifocally covered by adherent mucopurulent exudate, and contains many shallow erosions. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_003 Description: Bovine, muzzle. There is diffuse superficial necrosis of the muzzle. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_004 Description: Bovine, oral mucosa. There is a gingival hyperemia and focal erosion. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_005 Description: Bovine, hard palate. There are multiple coalescing mucosal erosions. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_006 Description: Bovine, skin. There are numerous raised plaques (multifocal dermatitis). Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_007 Description: Bovine, head, sagittal section. Mucoid exudate multifocally covers the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_008 Description: Bovine, nasal turbinate. There is a small amount of mucoid exudate. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_009 Description: Bovine, prescapular lymph nodes: Moderately (left) to markedly enlarged (right) due to MCF. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_010 Description: Bovine, prescapular lymph node. There are foci of hemorrhage (and necrosis) in the cortex, and the medulla is edematous. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_011 Description: Bovine, prescapular lymph node. There are foci of hemorrhage (and necrosis) in the cortex, and the medulla is edematous. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_012 Description: Bovine, omasum. Omasal leaves contain multiple pale foci of necrosis; on the rigth there are several ulcers. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_013 Description: Bovine, cecum and ileum. There are scattered small foci of mucosal hemorrhage and erosion. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_014 Description: Bovine, spiral colon. There are multiple mucosal hemorrhages. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_015 Description: Bovine, colon. There is severe longitudinal linear congestion of the mucosa. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_016 Description: Bovine, kidney. Multiple pale foci in the cortex are foci of institial nephritis. Credit: PIADC
View Larger Picture	Photo #: MCF_017 Description: Bovine, urinary bladder. The mucosal surface contains several small erosions and one large hemorrhagic ulcer. Credit: PIADC

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden 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, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Plum Island Animal Disease Center.