Disseminated Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus Infection in a Foal and Associated Mastitis in a Mare

Authors

A. LEVENT KOCABIYIK
ESRA BÜYÜKCANGAZ
AHMET AKKOÇ
CÜNEYT ÖZAKIN
İ. TACİ CANGÜL

DOI

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Abstract

A systemic infection with Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is described in a 22-day-old female foal for the first time in Turkey. Clinically the foal was in poor condition and had severe pneumonia. Painful swellings of the carpal and tarsal joints were evident. Examination of the dam revealed clinical mastitis. Postmortem histopathological and microbiological examinations of samples from the foal revealed a disseminated infection with S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus. The causative agent was also recovered in pure culture from a milk sample of the mare.

Keywords

Septicaemia, foal, mastitis, mare, Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus

First Page

487

Last Page

490

Recommended Citation

KOCABIYIK, A. LEVENT; BÜYÜKCANGAZ, ESRA; AKKOÇ, AHMET; ÖZAKIN, CÜNEYT; and CANGÜL, İ. TACİ (2008) "Disseminated Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus Infection in a Foal and Associated Mastitis in a Mare," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 32: No. 6, Article 14. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol32/iss6/14