Isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat with clinical epididymo-orchitis in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Fabrine Alexandre Dos Santos²  Edísio Oliveira De Azevedo²  Sérgio Santos De Azevedo²  Felício Garino Júnior²  Rinaldo Aparecido Mota¹  Pomy De Cássia Peixoto Kim¹  Ana Lisa Vale Gomes¹  Clebert José Alves² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina VeterináriaPatos PB ,Brazil

关键词: epididymitis;    goats;    Actinobacillus seminis;    isolation;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822014005000024

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present study reports the first isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat in Brazil. A four-year-old Moxotó breeding goat in a flock of 70 goats and 65 sheep reared together in the county of Patos, semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, showed clinical signs of unilateral orchitis and epididymitis. Diagnosis of A. seminis infection was confirmed by association of clinical findings, bacterial isolation and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This result suggests that A. seminis may be an additional cause of infertility in goats, and that sheep may be the source of infection because the mixed farming system allows the contact between sheep and goats in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil.

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