It is important to try the Itgen Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit for Dogs and Cats if your pet has a related infectious condition.

The process of infection can be seen as a fierce competition between pathogenic microorganisms and the host animal, the outcome of which often depends on the contrasting strengths of the two sides and the environmental conditions under which they interact. In view of the nature, characteristics, mode of expression and consequences of infection, we often classify them into different categories.

1. According to the source of infection, it can be divided into endogenous and exogenous infections

(1) Endogenous infections. Pathogenic microorganisms of this type of infection are parasitic in the host and do not cause disease when the physiological condition of the host is normal, which is called conditioned pathogenic microorganisms. However, when the host’s immune system is compromised by unfavourable factors such as nutritional imbalance in animal feed or sudden climatic changes, these innocuous pathogenic microorganisms may become virulent, proliferate rapidly, and ultimately cause disease in the host. Such diseases caused by endogenous pathogenic microorganisms are known as endogenous infections. For example, the occurrence of diseases such as rabbit Pasteurella infection and pig streptococcal infection belongs to this situation.

(2)Exogenous infection. Infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms from outside the host body are exogenous infections. Most of the infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms belong to this category, such as those caused by Clostridium tetani, Bacillus anthracis, porcine pseudorabies virus, porcine blue ear disease virus, porcine contagious gastroenteritis virus, canine microvirus infection, foot-and-mouth disease virus and so on.

2. According to the type and number of infectious agents, it can be divided into simple infection, mixed infection and secondary infection.

(1) Simple infection. A simple infection is an infection caused by only one pathogenic microorganism. For example, an infection that occurs when a single pathogenic microorganism is attacked using a sterile animal is classified as a simple infection.

(2)Mixed infection. Mixed infections are infections in which two or more pathogenic microorganisms are involved. At present, mixed infections are more common in actual production, such as mixed infections caused by E. coli, Mycoplasma, infectious bronchitis virus and other pathogenic microorganisms in broilers, as well as mixed infections caused by porcine blue-ear disease virus, circovirus, Haemophilus parvovirus and other pathogenic microorganisms.

(3) Secondary infection. Secondary infection refers to the infection caused by new invading pathogenic microorganisms or other pathogenic microorganisms that have long been latent in the body due to the decline of the host’s own immunity after infection with a certain pathogenic microorganism. For example, pigs may develop an infection with Bartonella henselae or blue ear disease virus after first suffering from Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Mixed infections or secondary infections make the symptoms of the disease more serious and complicated, increasing the difficulty of diagnosis and prevention.

3. According to the depth and breadth of the inflammation, we can classify it into systemic infection and local infection:

(1) Systemic infection: In this case, the pathogenic microorganisms successfully break through the host organism’s own defence barriers, so that they can be widely spread in the blood system, which triggers a severe systemic immune response, resulting in the disease known as systemic infection, such as acute swine distemper, acute streptococcal disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza, etc. This type of infection.

(2)Localised infections: In this case, the invading pathogenic microorganisms grow and multiply in specific tissues or organs and cause the corresponding lesions, which are called localised infections. For example, diseases such as corns and infraorbital sinusitis caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli belong to the category of localised infections.

4. According to the different clinical manifestations, we can classify the infection into four categories: obvious infection, hidden infection, tonic infection and transient infection:

(1) Apparent infection: when the pathogenic microorganisms have strong virulence and quantity, and the resistance of the animal body is relatively weak, the pathogenic microorganisms will grow and multiply in large quantities after invading the organisms, leading to tissue damage, and triggering pathophysiological disorders and clinical symptoms, which is known as apparent infection.

(2)Cryptic infection: Although the pathogen has grown and multiplied in a specific area, the animal itself does not show any clinical symptoms, and therefore presents a hidden state, which we define as cryptic infection. Although cryptically infected animals do not show obvious clinical symptoms or pathological changes, they are able to excrete infectious pathogens and become a potential source of infectious disease transmission. Some of the crypto-infected animals may turn into dominant infections when their body resistance is lowered.

(3)Staccato infection: Staccato infection refers to a disease with more severe symptoms at the beginning, similar to an acute case, but rapidly subsides and returns to a healthy state before the characteristic symptoms are visible, which is referred to as a staccato infection.

(4) Transient infections: Transient infections are those that have mild symptoms at the beginning of the disease and recover on their own before the characteristic symptoms appear, and are also known as “dissipative” infections.

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