Congenital tuberculosis in a 25-day-old female calf

Authors

MARIA DEL CARMEN ESPEJEL DEL MORAL
JUAN CARLOS DEL RIO
ALFREDO MEDRANO
MARCO ANTONIO SANTILLAN
JOSE FRANCISCO MORALES

DOI

10.3906/vet-1710-41

Abstract

A female calf, housed in a dairy intensive-system farm, suddenly died 25 days after birth. Routine necropsy revealed multiple variably sized white to yellowish nodules in the lungs. Histopathological diagnosis showed severe granulomatous pneumonia with acid-fast bacilli; Mycobacterium bovis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and culture isolation. Congenital tuberculosis was diagnosed based on these findings. The calf probably acquired the infection from her mother through aspiration of the amniotic fluid. The aim here is to describe the morphological lesions and complementary confirmation of congenital tuberculosis in a young female calf.

Keywords

Mycobacterium bovis, congenital transmission, pathological diagnostic

First Page

135

Last Page

138

Recommended Citation

MORAL, MARIA DEL CARMEN ESPEJEL DEL; RIO, JUAN CARLOS DEL; MEDRANO, ALFREDO; SANTILLAN, MARCO ANTONIO; and MORALES, JOSE FRANCISCO (2018) "Congenital tuberculosis in a 25-day-old female calf," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 42: No. 2, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1710-41
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol42/iss2/6