Nov 4, 2016 · Also known as acute bovine pulmonary emphysema and edema, AIP is a common cause of sudden respiratory distress in cattle, particularly adult beef cattle grazing lush pastures through late summer and fall and in feedlot cattle through the finishing period.

Acute or atypical interstitial pneu-monia (AIP) is terminology used by veterinary pathologists to describe a characteristic pattern of damage in the lungs of cattle.

Acute bovine pulmonary emphysema and edema is a respiratory distress syndrome affecting groups of cattle after movement onto lush pasture. Clinical signs result from a pneumotoxin produced by ruminal microorganisms.

Thirty-eight cattle with clinical symptoms of AIP were examined following emergency slaughter; 31 (all heifers) were confirmed to have AIP on the basis of gross and histological lung pathology. The 7 without AIP, plus 17 asymptomatic penmates, were used as contemporary controls.

Aug 5, 2015 · Feedlot acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) is a sporadically occurring respiratory condition of feedlot cattle that is often fatal; death can occur before any signs of disease are recognized.

Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP) is a respiratory disease that affects feedlot cattle, especially during dry and hot weather patterns (Woolums et al., 2005a). This disease is also known as atypical interstitial pneumonia, fog fever and dust pneumonia (Woolums et al., 2005b).

May 14, 2010 · Atypical interstitial pneumonia (AIP) of cattle is a term first introduced by Blood 1 to describe a spontaneous respiratory syndrome in cattle characterized by acute pulmonary edema and emphysema. Previous terms used to describe the condition were anatomically descriptive and often colloquial.

An acute respiratory distress syndrome has been described in feedlot cattle with clinical signs and pathologic findings of an atypical interstitial pneumonia. The syndrome occurs sporadically, and the etiology remains undefined.

Sep 16, 2016 · The cause of acute or atypical interstitial pneumonia (AIP) remains a mystery despite AIP being one of the most common pneumonias in feedlot cattle across Western Canada and the U.S. “AIP is the most common pneumonia by far in Alberta feedlot cattle ready to slaughter,” Timsit says.

Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) of feedlot cattle is a sporadically occurring respiratory condition that is often fatal. Affected cattle have a sudden onset of labored breathing.