Pneumonic pasteurellosis in a goat

Authors

1 Universiti Putra Malaysia

2 Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; 4Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

3 Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

4 Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

5 Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

6 Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Research Centre for Ruminant Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

7 Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract

A3-year-old goat weighing 40 kg was presented to the Large
Animal Unit, University Veterinary Hospital, Universiti Putra
Malaysia with complains of in appetence, lateral recumbency,
and weakness. Physical examination findings were pyrexia,
tachycardia, tachypnea, and pale mucous membrane. Harsh and
crackles lung sound was noticed upon auscultation. The case was
tentatively diagnosed as pneumonic pasteurellosis, and the goat
was treated with broad spectrum antibiotic, non-steroidal antiinflammatory
drug (NSAID), and fluid therapy. The prognosis
of this case was guarded and the goat died on day after
hospitalization and post mortem examination was carried out.
Samples were taken from the lungs, heart, and pericardial fluid
for bacterial isolation and identification. The post mortem
findings were consolidations of the left and right craniolateral
lung lobes, frothy exudates along the trachea, bronchi and the cut
surface of the lungs and presence of straw-colored pericardial
fluid. The bacterial culture yielded Pasteurella multocida
growth from all the samples. Based on the clinical signs, post
mortem findings, and bacteriology result, this case was finally
diagnosed as pneumonic pasteurellosis.

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Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
January 2015
Pages 293-296

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