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Headley,Selwyn Arlington; Bodnar,Lívia; Fritzen,Juliana T.T.; Bronkhorst,Dalton Evert; Alfieri,Alice Fernandes; Okano,Werner; Alfieri,Amauri Alcindo. |
Listeriosis is a disease primarily of ruminants caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Ruminants either demonstrate manifestations of the encephalitic, septicemic, or reproductive form of listeriosis. The pathological and molecular findings with encephalitic listeriosis in a 5.5-month-old, male, mixed-breed goat and a 3-year-old Texel-crossed sheep from northern Paraná, Brazil are described. Clinically, the kid demonstrated circling, lateral protrusion of the tongue, head tilt, and convulsions; the ewe presented ataxia, motor incoordination, and lateral decumbency. Brainstem dysfunctions were diagnosed clinically and listeriosis was suspected. Necropsy performed on both animals did not reveal remarkable gross lesions; significant... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brainstem dysfunctions; Rhombencephalitis; Neuropathology; Listeriolysin gene; Epidemiology; Listeria monocytogenes. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000300036 |
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