Glanders
Assistant professor: Karam . H . Yahya . Al-Mallah
Lecturer: Ahmed M. A. Al-Saidya
Assistant Lecturer: FADY S. HADY
Glanders is caused by Burkholderia mallei
Glanders
(Farcy)
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Nasal exudate in a horse with glanders.
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Mucopurulent nasal discharge
in a horse with glanders.
Nasal discharge in a donkey
with glanders disease.
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Nodules and ulcers in the
nasal conchae in a horse
with glanders at post-
mortem.
Granulomas and ulcers (stellate
scar) in the nasal septum of a
horse with glanders.
6Trachea, showing earliest stage of glanderous ulceration.
Ulcerated Mucous Membrane of Nasal Septum.
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Lesion of nasal septum mucous membrane. There is multiple nodules
with rupture of some of them.
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A horse with cutaneous nodules of glanders on the legs.
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Dry, glanderous skin ulcers on the left lower
jaw of a horse with glanders.
ulcer or ruptured vesicle. With honey like discharge. Horse caudal
limb
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Human infection. Cutaneous
formSwollen sheath in horse with
orchitis caused by glanders.
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Top and bottom, Nodules, swollen
cutaneous lymphatic vessels, and
drainage typical of horses with
glanders.
A horse with
glanders and with
positive mallein test.
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Section of Lung, showing A, haemorrhagia or earliest perceptible
stage of pulmonary glanders; B, extended haemorrhage; cc,
commencing caseation; D, cavity filled with caseous matter; E,
fibroid degeneration of nodule.
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Portion of Lung, showing superficial nodules of glanders.
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Black miliary granulomas (nodules) found in the
lung postmortem in a horse with glanders.
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Differential diagnosis:
Melioidosis, Strangles, Lymphangitis,
Other forms of pneumonia, Gutteral
pouch empyema, Dermatophilosis,
Dermatomycoses.