canker (redirected from anthracnose)

canker /can·ker/ (kang´ker) an ulceration, especially of the oral mucosa.

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can·ker (kngkr)

n.

1. Ulceration of the mouth and lips.

2. An acute inflammation or infection of the ear and auditory canal, especially in dogs and cats.

3. Cancrum.

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canker (kang´kur),

n See aphtha.

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canker

ulceration, especially (1) of the lip or oral mucosa; (2) in horses of the horn of the sole of the foot; (3) often used erroneously to describe otitis externa.

Severe canker in the frog of a horse's hoof. By permission from Hinchcliff KW, Kaneps AJ, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Saunders, 2004

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avian canker

disease of birds caused by Trichomonas gallinae and characterized by accumulations of caseous material in the throat.

ear canker

see ear canker.

equine canker

chronic hypertrophy and necrosis of the horn-producing tissues of the horse's foot, usually a hindfoot. The horn is shed or easily removed from a swollen and necrotic corium. There is lameness and a penetrating foul odor.

lapine canker

inflammation of the ears of rabbits caused by the mites Psoroptes communis or Chorioptes cuniculi. The ear canal is filled with an accumulation of serum and sebaceous material.