Bovine abortion due to Bacillus cereus in Midwest Brazil / Aborto bovino por Bacillus cereus no Centro-Oeste do Brasil
Ribeiro, Marlon; Silva, David José Ferreira da; Costa, Marco Túlio dos Santos; Nakazato, Luciano; Dutra, Valéria; Souza, Marcos de Almeida; Pescador, Caroline Argenta.
Ciênc. rural (Online)
; 53(11): e20220565, 2023. ilus
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| VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1427344
Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive bacterium commonly reported in soils and plants that occupy various ecological habitats, and the main source of contamination for cattle is silage. This report described a case of fetal loss associated with B. cereus infection in a cow. An 8-month-old, Nelore female bovine fetus from a beef farm was submitted for necropsy. A gross examination revealed fibrinous pleuropneumonia and fibrin exudation on the liver surface. The morphological diagnosis was restricted to the lungs and liver. In the lungs there was fibrinosuppurative pleuropneumonia associated with numerous aggregates of rod-shaped bacteria. In the liver there was moderate focally extensive fibrinous peri hepatitis.The lungs, liver, thoracic, and abomasal fluid cultures yielded pure cultures of B. cereus, indicating that these bacteria should be recognized as a cause of bovine abortion in fetuses that macroscopically present fibrin in the abdominal and thoracic cavity.
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BR68.1
Ubicación: BR68.1
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