Goat paratuberculosis in Chile: first isolation and confirmation of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in a dairy goat.
J Vet Diagn Invest
; 18(5): 476-9, 2006 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-17037618
ABSTRACT
In October 2004, 41 goats > 2 years old from a Saanen dairy goat herd located in Purranque County, 10th Region, Chile, were sampled and tested for paratuberculosis. While collecting samples it was observed that several goats were thin and emaciated. One goat was sufficiently debilitated to warrant humane euthanasia. This animal was brought to the Veterinary School at the Universidad Austral de Chile for necropsy. The goat selected for necropsy was a 12-year-old doe. The animal showed classical clinical signs of caprine paratuberculosis emaciation despite willingness to eat, dry and rough hair coat, and no evidence of diarrhea. Gross pathology and histopathology of the necropsied goat were consistent with paucibacillary paratuberculosis. Bacteriology, serology, and PCR confirmed the diagnosis. This is the first published report of goat paratuberculosis in Chile confirming a case of caprine paucibacillary paratuberculosis.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Paratuberculose
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Doenças das Cabras
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
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Enteropatias
Limite:
Animals
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article