Idedtification of bacterial agent isolated from liver abscesses of cows slaughterd at Urmia abbatoire
Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology
عبداله Araghi – Sooreh
1
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1- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
)
عبداله Habib-Savodjbolaghi
2
(
Graduate of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
)
Keywords: cattle, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Hepatic abscess,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to determine frequency and bacterial agents of hepatic abscesses of cattle slaughtered at Urmia abattoir, Iran.Post-mortem examination of 2179 cattle showed that 36 (1.65%) exhibited liver abscesses. All abscesses were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Isolates were identified as follows: Arcanobacterium pyogenes, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus spp. and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. This study revealed that A. pyogenes is the most important isolate of liver abscesses (58.33%) and F. necrophorum is the second important isolate of liver abscesses (52.77%) in cattle of Urmia district. In the present study C. pseudotuberculosis is reported for the first time from bovine liver abscesses (5.55%).
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