Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway
The precalen-ce of caseous lymphadenitis was surveyed in 36 goat herds in Northern Norway. In each herd, information concerning the occurrence of the disease was obtained from the farmer. Adult animals (1 year of age or older) in 35 herds were examined for superficial swellings, and serum samples we...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8189369 2023-05-15T17:43:26+02:00 Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway Holstad, Gudmund 1986-12-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189369/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3604831 https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548138 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189369/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3604831 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/BF03548138 © The Author(s) 1986 Acta Vet Scand Article Text 1986 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548138 2021-06-13T00:46:32Z The precalen-ce of caseous lymphadenitis was surveyed in 36 goat herds in Northern Norway. In each herd, information concerning the occurrence of the disease was obtained from the farmer. Adult animals (1 year of age or older) in 35 herds were examined for superficial swellings, and serum samples were collected from most animals in the herds. The sera were examined for antibodies to Corynebacterium pseudotuber-culosis using the bacterial agglutination test (BAT) and the hemolysis inhibition test (HIT). Gaseous lymphadenitis was diagnosed with certainty in 19 herds. Information from the farmers indicated that the disease indeed oc-curred in these herds, and that the majority had been infected with the disease for many years. The herds had apparently become infected through contact with animals from infected herds. Clinical examina-tions were carried out in 18 of these herds and superficial swellings were found in 26 % of the examined animals. The prevalence of ani-mals with lesions varied from 11 to 40 % among the herds. Of the animals in these herds, 81 % were positive in BAT and 84 % in HIT. The prevalence of positive animals varied from 26 to 99 % in BAT and 28 to 99 % in HIT. The prevalence of seropositive animals was lowest in a herd in which animals were kept separately in stalls. Caseous lymphadenitis could not be diagnosed in 16 herds. In-formation from the farmers indicated that the disease indeed seemed to be absent in 14 of these herds. These 14 herds had no history of contact with animals from herds considered to be infected. However, in the remaining 2 herds, the farmers were somewhat uncertain about the occurrence of the disease. One of these 2 herds had a history of contact with infected herds through participation in a goat “breeding circle”. Only a few of the animals were, however, seropositive and all these had low antibody titres. In 1 newly established herd, a single animal showed a high posi-tive titre in BAT only. All the other animals were negative in both tests. This particular herd ... Text Northern Norway PubMed Central (PMC) Norway Posi ENVELOPE(24.179,24.179,65.691,65.691) Tive ENVELOPE(12.480,12.480,65.107,65.107) Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 27 4 584 597 |
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The precalen-ce of caseous lymphadenitis was surveyed in 36 goat herds in Northern Norway. In each herd, information concerning the occurrence of the disease was obtained from the farmer. Adult animals (1 year of age or older) in 35 herds were examined for superficial swellings, and serum samples were collected from most animals in the herds. The sera were examined for antibodies to Corynebacterium pseudotuber-culosis using the bacterial agglutination test (BAT) and the hemolysis inhibition test (HIT). Gaseous lymphadenitis was diagnosed with certainty in 19 herds. Information from the farmers indicated that the disease indeed oc-curred in these herds, and that the majority had been infected with the disease for many years. The herds had apparently become infected through contact with animals from infected herds. Clinical examina-tions were carried out in 18 of these herds and superficial swellings were found in 26 % of the examined animals. The prevalence of ani-mals with lesions varied from 11 to 40 % among the herds. Of the animals in these herds, 81 % were positive in BAT and 84 % in HIT. The prevalence of positive animals varied from 26 to 99 % in BAT and 28 to 99 % in HIT. The prevalence of seropositive animals was lowest in a herd in which animals were kept separately in stalls. Caseous lymphadenitis could not be diagnosed in 16 herds. In-formation from the farmers indicated that the disease indeed seemed to be absent in 14 of these herds. These 14 herds had no history of contact with animals from herds considered to be infected. However, in the remaining 2 herds, the farmers were somewhat uncertain about the occurrence of the disease. One of these 2 herds had a history of contact with infected herds through participation in a goat “breeding circle”. Only a few of the animals were, however, seropositive and all these had low antibody titres. In 1 newly established herd, a single animal showed a high posi-tive titre in BAT only. All the other animals were negative in both tests. This particular herd ... |
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Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway |
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Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway |
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Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway |
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Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway |
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Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infection in Goats II.: The Prevalence of Caseous Lymphadenitis in 36 Goat Herds in Northern Norway |
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corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in goats ii.: the prevalence of caseous lymphadenitis in 36 goat herds in northern norway |
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