Isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat with clinical epididymo-orchitis in Brazil
Braz. j. microbiol
; 45(1): 205-208, 2014. ilus
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ABSTRACT
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.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Orquite
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Infecções por Actinobacillus
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Doenças das Cabras
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Actinobacillus seminis
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Epididimite
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil