Piedmontese cow with a hot, painful, poorly delimited swelling of rapid onset in the submandibular region. The animal is not eating or ruminating, and has a febrile temperature.
Differential diagnosis:
– actinomycosis, actinobacillosis (chronic course, painless, cold, hard consistency)
– abscess (encapsulated, afebrile)
– tumor
– swelling due to traumatic lesions, hematomas, fractures
– congestive edema (cardiac tamponade, foreign body, hepatic distomatosis…)
– edema due to allergic reactions
