Gazioglu Abdullah, Karagülle Burcu, Yüksel Hayati, Nuri Açık M, Keçeci Hakan, Dörtbudak Muhammet Bahaeddin, Çetinkaya Burhan
Department of Veterinary Science, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, University of Bingol, 12000, Bingol, Turkey.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119, Elazig, Turkey.
BMC Vet Res. 2018 Dec 18;14(1):406. doi: 10.1186/s12917-018-1747-y.
Even though gas gangrene caused by Clostridium septicum in goats is mentioned in the classical textbooks, we have not managed to find any case description in the literature.
Clinical signs resembling gas gangrene such as subcutaneous bloating, edema and crepitation were detected at various body parts of nine pregnant animals at the ages of 2-3 years on a hair goat farm (n = 170) located in Bingol province, Eastern Turkey. Five of these suspected animals with severe clinical symptoms died within 2 days. Various samples such as internal organs, edematous skin and edema fluid collected from dead and live animals were analyzed for the presence of clostridial agents by histopathological and microbiological methods. As a result of macroscopic and microscopic examination, lesions of gas gangrene were detected. The suspected isolates were identified and confirmed as C. septicum by bacteriological and molecular methods.
The present study was the first to report identification of C. septicum as primary agent in the gas gangrene of goats.
尽管经典教科书中提到了由腐败梭菌引起的山羊气性坏疽,但我们在文献中未能找到任何病例描述。
在土耳其东部宾格尔省一个拥有170只毛山羊的养殖场中,在9只2至3岁的怀孕动物身体的不同部位检测到了类似气性坏疽的临床症状,如皮下肿胀、水肿和捻发音。其中5只出现严重临床症状的疑似动物在2天内死亡。通过组织病理学和微生物学方法,对从死亡和存活动物采集的各种样本(如内脏、水肿皮肤和水肿液)进行分析,以检测梭菌病原体的存在。经过宏观和微观检查,发现了气性坏疽的病变。通过细菌学和分子方法,将疑似分离株鉴定并确认为腐败梭菌。
本研究首次报告了将腐败梭菌鉴定为山羊气性坏疽的主要病原体。