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COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON BACTERIAL AFFECTIONS OF LIVER IN FARM ANIMALS
BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL • 2013
Publication Information
Authors
Mohamed G.E. Borai, Abdel-Rehiem A. Nagi, Mahmoud S. Gab-Allah, Abdel-Baset I. El-
Mashad and Shawky A. Mustafa
Keywords
Farm animals, Staph. aureus, Coryne. pyogenes, E.coli, Histopathology, Hepatitis
Journal
BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL
Publisher
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Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
296‐305
publication.type
International
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Out of the examined livers of some farm animals (1000 sheep, 825 cattle, 1740 buffaloes and 1360
camels) of different ages and sexes slaughtered at abattoirs in Cairo, Giza and Kalubia provinces, during
the period from January 2011 to March 2013, the incidence of the bacterial affections was 5%, 3.03%,
1.29% and 1.91% , respectively. Bacteriological examination revealed that Staphylococcus aureus,
Corynebacterium pyogenes and Escherichia coli were the most common aerobic bacteria while
Clostridium perfringens and Fusobacterium necrophorum were the most common anaerobic bacteria
isolated from the affected livers. Corynebacterium ovis was isolated from six cases of sheep.
Histopathologically, suppurative hepatitis was the commonest lesion usually in the form of abscesses.
Coagulative necrosis was noticed in cases where anaerobes were isolated.
camels) of different ages and sexes slaughtered at abattoirs in Cairo, Giza and Kalubia provinces, during
the period from January 2011 to March 2013, the incidence of the bacterial affections was 5%, 3.03%,
1.29% and 1.91% , respectively. Bacteriological examination revealed that Staphylococcus aureus,
Corynebacterium pyogenes and Escherichia coli were the most common aerobic bacteria while
Clostridium perfringens and Fusobacterium necrophorum were the most common anaerobic bacteria
isolated from the affected livers. Corynebacterium ovis was isolated from six cases of sheep.
Histopathologically, suppurative hepatitis was the commonest lesion usually in the form of abscesses.
Coagulative necrosis was noticed in cases where anaerobes were isolated.