Image Database: Sheep and Goat Pox

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Photo #: SGP_001
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Sheep, inguinal skin. Several coalescing macules contain petechiae.
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Photo #: SGP_002
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Sheep, inguinal skin. There are several coalescing macules.
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Photo #: SGP_003
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Sheep, scrotum. There are multiple papules on the scrotum and adjacent inguinal skin.
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Photo #: SGP_004
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Sheep, scrotum and inguinal skin. There are multple red brown papules. There are two hemorrhagic ulcers on the medial aspect of the stifle.
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Photo #: SGP_005
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Sheep, subcutis. There are numerous hemorrhages, and several dark red round foci of hemorrhage and necrosis (beneath cutaneous pox).
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Photo #: SGP_006
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Goat, skin. Pox are coalescing red papules with central, slightly depressed, pale (necrotic) areas.
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Photo #: SGP_007
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Goat. Two pox on the ventral tail have dessicated, dark red, undermined (necrotic and sloughing) centers.
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Photo #: SGP_008
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Goat, udder. The skin contains two sharply demarcated necrotic foci (subacute pox).
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Photo #: SGP_009
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Goat, muzzle. The muzzle contains several papules and is partially covered by hemorrhagic nasal exudate.
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Photo #: SGP_010
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Sheep, skin. Several coalescing pox have pale tan (necrotic) centers.
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Photo #: SGP_011
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Goat. Abundant thick nasal exudate covers the muzzle and partially occludes the nares.
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Photo #: SGP_012
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Goat, skin. There are multiple coalescing papules (pox) that often have tan, dry (necrotic) centers.
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Photo #: SGP_013
Description:
Lung. There are numerous, small, coalescing, red-tan, consolidated foci (pneumonia).
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Photo #: SGP_014
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Lungs. The lungs contain multiple discrete tan to red-brown nodules (multifocal interstitial pneumonia). Mediatinal lymph nodes are enlarged.
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Photo #: SGP_015
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Lung. There are multiple red-brown consolidated foci (multifocal pneumonia).
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Photo #: SGP_016
Description:
Lung. Numerous, slightly raised, pale tan to red-brown nodules (foci of consolidation) are scattered throughout the lung; the locally extensive cranioventral red-brown consolidation is likely secondary bacterial bronchopneumonia.
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Photo #: SGP_017
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Lung. There are numerous raised pale nodules (multifocal pneumonia).
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Photo #: SGP_018
Description:
Lung. There are multiple discrete, round, red-brown foci of consolidation (pneumonia).
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Photo #: SGP_019
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Sheep, lung. The numerous widely disseminated discrete round tan foci are foci of pneumonia; a few have pale (necrotic) centers.
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Photo #: SGP_020
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Goat, lung. There are multiple coalescing tan foci of consolidation (pneumonia), and the adjacent lymph node is markedly enlarged.
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Photo #: SGP_021
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Uterus. The endometrium contains several tan papules (pox) among the caruncles.
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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.