endocarditis associated with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a fat-tailed ram

نویسندگان

m. r. aslani

a. ebrahimi kahrisangi

f. baghban

a. kazemi

m. heidari

چکیده

endocarditis is rarely reported in sheep and information presented for ovine endocarditis is based mostly on comparative findings in the cattle. infective vegetative endocarditis of the right heart was diagnosed in a 3-year-old fat-tailed ram. clinical findings included tachycardia, marked brisket edema, jugular veins distention and pulsation and pale mucous membranes. hematologic abnormality included neutrophilic leukocytosis. necropsy confirmed severe right atrioventricular and pulmonary valves vegetative endocarditis with evidence of right heart failure. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated from those vegetative lisions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
iranian journal of veterinary research

ناشر: shiraz university

ISSN 1728-1997

دوره 16

شماره 3 2015

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