RESUMEN
The present study reports the first isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat in Brazil. A four-year-old Moxotó breeding goat in a flock of 70 goats and 65 sheep reared together in the county of Patos, semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, showed clinical signs of unilateral orchitis and epididymitis. Diagnosis of A. seminis infection was confirmed by association of clinical findings, bacterial isolation and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This result suggests that A. seminis may be an additional cause of infertility in goats, and that sheep may be the source of infection because the mixed farming system allows the contact between sheep and goats in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil.
Asunto(s)
Infecciones por Actinobacillus/veterinaria , Actinobacillus seminis/aislamiento & purificación , Epididimitis/veterinaria , Enfermedades de las Cabras/microbiología , Orquitis/veterinaria , Infecciones por Actinobacillus/complicaciones , Infecciones por Actinobacillus/microbiología , Actinobacillus seminis/clasificación , Actinobacillus seminis/genética , Animales , Brasil , ADN Bacteriano/química , ADN Bacteriano/genética , ADN Ribosómico/química , ADN Ribosómico/genética , Epididimitis/complicaciones , Epididimitis/microbiología , Cabras , Masculino , Orquitis/complicaciones , Orquitis/microbiología , ARN Ribosómico 16S/genética , Análisis de Secuencia de ADNRESUMEN
The present study reports the first isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat in Brazil. A four-year-old Moxotó breeding goat in a flock of 70 goats and 65 sheep reared together in the county of Patos, semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, showed clinical signs of unilateral orchitis and epididymitis. Diagnosis of A. seminis infection was confirmed by association of clinical findings, bacterial isolation and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This result suggests that A. seminis may be an additional cause of infertility in goats, and that sheep may be the source of infection because the mixed farming system allows the contact between sheep and goats in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil.