A FATAL MIXED BACTERIAL INFECTION IN GUINEA PIGS – CLINICAL SYMPTOMS, MICROBIOLOGY AND PATHOMORPHOLOGY

Authors

  • Katerina Todorovа Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Iliya Peev University of Forestry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Kostadin Kanchev University of Forestry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Dimitar Ivanov Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Rositsa Milcheva Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Toni Todorov University of Forestry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Teodora Popova University of Forestry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria

Keywords:

C. novyi, E. coli, Enterococcus sp., B. cereus, lethal infection, guinea pigs.

Abstract

The paper describes a case of an acute lethal infection in guinea pigs, demonstrated with watery to bloody profuse diarrhea, respiratory paralysis and death. Microbiological tests indentified several isolates: Clostridium novyi (oedematiens) (C. novyi), Escherichia coli (E. coli), Enterococcus sp. and Bacillus cereus (B. cereus). Materials from internal organs were obtained for pathohistological examination. History data, microbiology and histopathology were evidential for toxin-forming pathogenic microorganisms, imported by food and/or probably turned to virulent endogenous bacterial strains, causing the death of the animals.

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2019-06-27

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Todorovа K., Peev, I., Kanchev, K., Ivanov, D., Milcheva, R., Todorov, T., & Popova, T. (2019). A FATAL MIXED BACTERIAL INFECTION IN GUINEA PIGS – CLINICAL SYMPTOMS, MICROBIOLOGY AND PATHOMORPHOLOGY. TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN VETERINARY MEDICINE, 4(1), 27–33. Retrieved from https://scij-tmvm.com/index.php/pub/article/view/87

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019): Volume 4 Issue 1 (2019)

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