Ciência Rural (Aug 2015)

Jejunal hemorrhage syndrome in a Zebu cow in Brazil

  • Prhiscylla Sadanã Pires,
  • Jose Azael Zambrano Uribe,
  • Antônio Último de Carvalho,
  • Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva,
  • Felipe Masiero Salvarani,
  • Rodrigo Melo Meneses,
  • Luiza Bossi Leite,
  • Guilherme Guerra Alves,
  • Luciana Aramuni Gonçalves,
  • Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato,
  • Elias Jorge Facury Filho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20141304
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 8
pp. 1476 – 1479

Abstract

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Clostridium perfringens type A has been incriminated as the etiologic agent in jejunal hemorrhage syndrome (JHS), which is a disease that affects dairy cattle. Although this microorganism is considered an important enteropathogen the pathogenesis of JHS is still not clear, and there have been no reports of its occurrence in Brazil so far. The aim of this study was to describe the occurrence of JHS by infection with a C. perfringens type A strain carrying the beta-2 toxin gene in a zebu cow in Brazil, for the first time.

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