Pathological report of septicemic colibacillosis in Lambs

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

فرهنگ Sasani, ¹ , F. Panahi, ² , مریم Iranmanesh, ³

1 - Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran
2 - Veterinary Medicine student, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran
3 - Veterinary Medicine student, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran

Received: 2016-11-02 Accepted : 2016-11-02 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: lamb, pathology, Colibacillosis, clostridiosis,

Abstract :

From February to March 2010, 4 lambs with GI tract disorders and sudden death were reffered to Mardabad Hospital of veterinary faculty, University of Tehran. In necropsy, macroscopic findings were valvular and epicardial petechiae and ecchymoses,myocardial paleness ,mucosal gastritis, petechiae and ecchymoses with heavy milk clotsin abomasum, hydrothorax,hemopricardium and yellow fibrinus clots in abdominal cavity. Cysticercosis,cerebraland renal lesions, pericardial vegetative red masses ,pulmonary atelectasis, hepatic scirrosis and fibrosis with parasitic migration lines were other observations. In Bacteriological tests, in abomasum, spleen and kidney E-coli wasisolated and so in intestinal contents, E-coli and c.perfringens wre isolated.