[ first report of Klebsiella as a pathogen in neonatal diarrhea of calves in Iran]

ABSTRACT

Clinical evaluation of klebsiella induced diarrhea and frequency of this agent in calve's diarrhea in Iran. Cross sectional Study. Out of 295 calves [less than one month age] 209 calves showed diarrhea and 86 calves were as control group. To collect stool sample from rectum of the all calves [affected and apparently healthy] and using bacteriological standard methods for detection of this bacterium. Descriptive study using SPSS package. Thirty one samples out of all examined stool samples were infected with klebsiella. In this regard, 18 samples [8.6%] were from diarrheic calves and 13 samples [15.3%] from the control group. Mean of age in diarrheic calve was 12.00 +/- 3.08 days. In diarrheic group 6 calves [33.3%] showed severe lienteric diarrhea. All diarrheic calves [100%] showed thin and vivacity in general condition. Nine diarrheic calves [50%] had yellow feces, 17 of diarrheic calves [94.4%] had poor feeding behavior and all diarrheic calves [100%] showed second dehydration degree. Klebsiella can be one of causative agents in the calves diarrhea syndrome in the less than one month age