Received: February 23, 2007.

Accepted: August 23, 2007.

Abstract published online: August 27, 2007.

Full paper published online: November 30, 2007.

Clostridium perfringens TYPES A AND D ASSOCIATED WITH ENTEROTOXEMIA IN AN 18-MONTH-OLD GOAT

MIYASHIRO S. (1), NASSAR A. F. C. (1), DEL FAVA C. (1),

CABRAL A. D. (1), SILVA M. (1)

(1) Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Postmortem examination of a Boer buck that died peracutely revealed bowel and liver diffusely congested and edematous. Kidney was apparently edematous. Clostridium perfringens type A was isolated from bowel and type D from kidney. Microscopic examination revealed large areas of necrosis in the renal cortex and medulla (pulpy kidney disease), hyperemia and centrilobular necrosis of the liver, necrosis of the small-intestine wall, pulmonary edema and congestion, intense hyperemia of the cerebellum, hyperemia and edema of the brain.

KEY WORDS: goats, enterotoxemia, pulpy kidney disease, Clostridium perfringens type A, Clostridium perfringens type D, histopathology.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: There is no conflict.

CORRESPONDENCE TO:

SIMONE MIYASHIRO, Instituto Biológico, Av. Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves, 1252, Vila Mariana, 04014-002, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Email: miyashiro@biologico.sp.gov.br.