Oedematous skin disease: a recurring infection in buffaloes
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1998; 19 (1): 19-21
in English
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ABSTRACT
Eighteen Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis were isolated from 30 specimens [9 biopsies from closed skin lesions and 21 exudate specimens from open lesions] collected from 27 buffalos with symptoms of skin infection. C. pseudotuberculosis was isolated in pure cultures from 6 out of 9 biopsies and in mixed cultures from 12 out of 21 exudate specimens. The majority of isolates were of biotype II [15 isolates], whereas only 3 isolates were of biotype I. The pattern of isolation of both biotypes I and II from biopsies and exudate specimens was similar. Both biotypes I and II differed in their course of pathogenicity in G. pigs. C. pseudotuberculosis was not isolated from blood suckling and biting flies [236 files] existed on the infected animals and in their premises. This might rule out the role of vectors in transmission of infection. In-vitro antibiotic sensitivity testing revealed that C. pseudotuberculosis isolates were most sensitive to penicillin 89%, amoxycillin 89%, erythromycin 83%, chloramphenicol 78% and ampicillin 78%. The histological examination of skin biopsies from the diseased buffalos showed inflammatory reaction due to the bacterial infection
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Recurrence
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Skin Diseases
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Skin Diseases, Infectious
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Buffaloes
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
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Edema
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
1998
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