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Title: Probable paratuberculosis in a Sicilian ass. | ||||
Title Abreviation: J Am Vet Med Assoc | Date of Pub: 1990 Feb 1 | |||
Author: Dierckins MS; Sherman DM; Gendron-Fitzpatrick A; | ||||
Issue/Part/Supplement: 3 | Volume Issue: 196 | Pagination: 459-61 | ||
MESH Headings: Animal; Case Report; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Diarrhea (ET/*VE); Female; Paratuberculosis (*DI/PA); Perissodactyla (*); -AA-; | ||||
Journal Title Code: HAV | Publication Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE | |||
Date of Entry: 900305N | Entry Month: 9005 | |||
Country: UNITED STATES | Index Priority: 2 | |||
Language: Eng | Unique Identifier: 90130021 | |||
Unique Identifier: 90130021 | ISSN: 0003-1488 | |||
Abstract: A presumptive diagnosis of paratuberculosis was made in a Sicilian ass on the basis of a history of chronic diarrhea and weight loss, pasture exposure to a heifer with paratuberculosis confirmed by bacterial culture of feces, postmortem identification of granulomatous inflammation of the intestine containing acid-fast organisms, the absence of acid-fast organisms in extraenteric tissues, and the absence of exposure to tuberculosis. The literature on paratuberculosis in equids is reviewed. The potential for cross-species transmission is emphasized. Justification for consideration of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection in the differential diagnoses of equine granulomatous enteritis is discussed. | ||||
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Address: Bristol Veterinary Service, SC, Union Grove, WI 53182. |