An investigation of a recent outbreak of nocardioform placentitis caused abortions in horses.
Vet Microbiol
; 158(3-4): 425-30, 2012 Aug 17.
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ABSTRACT
Nocardioform placentitis associated with gram positive branching actinomycetes caused a record number of abortions in mares diagnosed by the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) affecting the 2011 foal crop (2011 foal crop the cohort of foals conceived during the 2010 breeding season). The goal of the present study is to make a comprehensive analysis of this outbreak in terms of frequencies of the bacteria causing nocardioform placentitis mediated abortions and to investigate the ages of fetuses, abortion months and breeding times. In the present study, characteristic slow-growing, pungent/soil odor gram positive branching actinomycetes were recovered in high numbers in placental specimens in 76 abortion cases diagnosed as nocardioform placentitis by pathologists. To determine the type of actinomycetes responsible for the abortions, PCR assays were performed on the gram positive branching bacilli. The most prominent actinomycetes species were Amycolatopsis spp. (37 cases, 48.7%) and Crossiella equi (C. equi) (22 cases, 28.9%). Six cases (7.9%) contained both Amycolatopsis spp., and C. equi. 10 isolates were unidentified by PCR assays and shown to have high DNA sequence homology to Streptomyces species, Microbacterium species, Nocardia species and Allokutzneria species, as evidenced by 16 rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Nocardioform placentitis related abortions occurred mostly between December 2010 and April 2011 happening exclusively in the last trimester. Breeding time of aborted pregnancies ranged from March 2010 to July 2010, suggesting that if transmission of the actinomycetes agents occurred during breeding, it was not related to a specific season.
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Placentarias
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Infecciones por Actinomycetales
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Aborto Veterinario
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Enfermedades de los Caballos
Límite:
Animals
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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En
Revista:
Vet Microbiol
Año:
2012
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos