Clostridium perfringens Type D Enterotoxaemia in the Chinkara Deer (Gazella bennettii)

Ahrar KHAN; Imtiaz ALI; Iftikhar HUSSAIN; Nazir AHMAD

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Clostridium perfringens Type D Enterotoxaemia in the Chinkara Deer (Gazella bennettii)

Authors:

Ahrar KHAN | Imtiaz ALI | Iftikhar HUSSAIN | Nazir AHMAD

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 2008 Vol.32 Issue 3, pp.225-228

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2008

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000767993

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6181

pISSN:

1300-0128

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During an enterotoxaemia outbreak, 9 out of 11 (82%) Chinkara deer (Gazella bennettii) died; 5 animals died of peracute disease, whereas acute death was observed in 4 animals. The case fatality rate was 100%. Clinical signs, including high temperature, depression, anorexia, abdominal pain, greenish watery diarrhoea, and respiratory distress, were recorded in the affected deer. Post-mortem examinations of the affected animals revealed muscular and serosal haemorrhages, hydroperitoneum, hydrothorax, and hydropericardium. Severe haemorrhages were also observed in the small intestine, colon, and kidneys. Histopathologically, haemorrhagic enterocolitis, pulmonary oedema, accumulation of proteinaceous fluid in alveoli, perivascular oedema, and interstitial and intertubular haemorrhages were seen in the kidneys. Anaerobic incubation, mouse inoculation, and mouse seroneutralisation with intestinal contents collected from the affected deer confirmed the Chinkara deer were infected with Clostridium perfringens type D.

 

During an enterotoxaemia outbreak, 9 out of 11 (82%) Chinkara deer (Gazella bennettii) died; 5 animals died of peracute disease, whereas acute death was observed in 4 animals. The case fatality rate was 100%. Clinical signs, including high temperature, depression, anorexia, abdominal pain, greenish watery diarrhoea, and respiratory distress, were recorded in the affected deer. Post-mortem examinations of the affected animals revealed muscular and serosal haemorrhages, hydroperitoneum, hydrothorax, and hydropericardium. Severe haemorrhages were also observed in the small intestine, colon, and kidneys. Histopathologically, haemorrhagic enterocolitis, pulmonary oedema, accumulation of proteinaceous fluid in alveoli, perivascular oedema, and interstitial and intertubular haemorrhages were seen in the kidneys. Anaerobic incubation, mouse inoculation, and mouse seroneutralisation with intestinal contents collected from the affected deer confirmed the Chinkara deer were infected with Clostridium perfringens type D.

Article Details

Clostridium perfringens Type D Enterotoxaemia in the Chinkara Deer (Gazella bennettii)

Authors:

Ahrar KHAN | Imtiaz ALI | Iftikhar HUSSAIN | Nazir AHMAD

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 2008 Vol.32 Issue 3, pp.225-228

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2008

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000767993

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6181

pISSN:

1300-0128

Chinkara deer

enterotoxaemia

Clostridium perfringens type D

clinical picture

pathological lesions

Issues

Article Details

Clostridium perfringens Type D Enterotoxaemia in the Chinkara Deer (Gazella bennettii)

Authors: Ahrar KHAN | Imtiaz ALI | Iftikhar HUSSAIN | Nazir AHMAD

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 2008 Vol.32 Issue 3, pp.225-228

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 2/2008

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000767993

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6181

pISSN: 1300-0128

Chinkara deer

enterotoxaemia

Clostridium perfringens type D

clinical picture

pathological lesions

Issues

Authors:

Ahrar KHAN | Imtiaz ALI | Iftikhar HUSSAIN | Nazir AHMAD

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 2008 Vol.32 Issue 3, pp.225-228

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2008

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000767993

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6181

pISSN:

1300-0128