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ulcerative /ul·cer·a·tive/ (ul´se-ra?tiv) (ul´ser-ah-tiv) pertaining to or characterized by ulceration. ulcerative pertaining to or characterized by ulceration. ulcerative balanitis see enzootic balanoposthitis. ulcerative cellulitis see ulcerative lymphangitis. ulcerative colitis see eosinophilic ulcerative colitis, histiocytic ulcerative colitis. ulcerative dermal necrosis a skin disease of the head of Atlantic salmon and sea trout as they enter fresh water from the sea. The cause is unknown. ulcerative dermatitis disease of Belgian Landrace sows; lesions occur on the ear margins, anterior aspects of the limbs and around the teats; the cause is unknown. ulcerative dermatosis an infectious ulceration of the skin of the lips, feet, legs and external genitalia of sheep, of uncertain etiology, caused possibly by a paravaccinia virus. The lesions are ulcerative and destructive but the disease is not fatal and the morbidity rate is not high. ulcerative enteritis see ulcerative enteritis. ulcerative gingivitis see necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. ulcerative glossitis, stomatitis in cats, a proliferative inflammation and ulceration of the oral cavity, particularly gum margins and mucosa at the fauces, a common disease of old cats characterized by painful ulcers at the fauces and surrounding tissues including the tongue. The cause is not known. ulcerative granuloma of swine an infectious disease of pigs caused by Borrelia suilla (unofficial nomenclature), and manifested by large, deep, ulcerative lesions on any part of the body. On the face they may cause destruction of the cheeks. The portal of infection is skin wounds and spread of the disease is enhanced by fighting in the group. Called also necrotic ulcer. infectious bovine ulcerative stomatitis an innocuous stomatitis of calves occurring in outbreak form but recorded rarely and not in recent years. Its existence separate from bovine virus diarrhea is not proven. ulcerative keratitis see corneal ulcer. ulcerative lymphangitis see ulcerative lymphangitis. ulcerative mammilitis see bovine herpes mammillitis. ulcerative pododermatosis see ulcerative pododermatitis. ulcerative posthitis occurs sporadically in rams and bulls and as part of ulcerative dermatosis in rams. ulcerative shell disease see shell rot. ulcerative stomatitis 1. several virus infections cause oral ulcers in calves without any other clinical illness unless the calves are stressed, especially with hyperkeratosis caused by secondary nutritional deficiency of vitamin A. 2. outbreaks in horses are caused by grass with bristly seedheads and pasture infested with bristly caterpillars. ulcerative typhlocolitis one of the causes of idiopathic chronic diarrhea in horses; salmonellosis and intoxication with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are possible culprits. ulcerative vulvitis of ewes, see ulcerative dermatosis (above). |
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