Image Database: Rift Valley Fever

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View Larger Picture		 Photo #: RVF_001
Description:
Bovine, fetus. The skin of this emphysematous fetus is stained with meconium.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_002
Description:
Sheep, fetus. Both the pleural and peritoneal cavities contain excessive clear, straw-colored fluid.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_003
Description:
Sheep, fetus, kidney. There is severe perirenal edema.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_004
Description:
Sheep, heart. The ventricular endocardium contains many hemorrhages.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_005
Description:
Sheep, liver. The cut surface of the swollen liver is pale and contains many petechiae.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_006
Description:
Sheep, colon. Severe hemorrhagic colitis.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_007
Description:
Sheep, colon. There is severe locally extensive mucosal hemorrhage.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_008
Description:
Sheep, liver. Section reveals that the liver is pale, swollen and contains multiple foci of hemorrhage.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: RVF_009
Description:
Sheep, liver. Liver is pale and swollen and contains many areas of severe congestion.
Credit: AFIP
   

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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.