Background: Ovine laryngeal chondritis is a rare entity of sheep in the USA, Great Britain, New Zealand and Iceland,\nbut has not been reported in Germany so far. Here, two German cases are reported.\nCase presentation: Two rams showed severe and progressive signs of dyspnea. Endoscopically, a severe bilateral\nswelling of the larynx was identified in both rams. Due to poor prognosis and progression of clinical signs one ram\nwas euthanized, while the other ram died overnight. In both cases, a necrosuppurative laryngitis and chondritis of\narytenoid cartilages was found at necropsy. Fusobacterium necrophorum and Streptococcus ovis were isolated from the\nlaryngeal lesion in one animal.\nConclusions: This is the first report of ovine laryngeal chondritis in continental Europe. This entity should be considered\na differential diagnosis for upper airway disease in sheep.
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