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Hemorrhagic Enteritis in Two One-month-old Dairy Calves Infected with Beta2-toxigenic Clostridium perfringens and Coccidium

  • Choi, Woojae (Farm Animal Clinical Training and Research Center, Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ro, Younghye (Farm Animal Clinical Training and Research Center, Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Hoyung (University Animal Farm, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Eunkyung (Farm Animal Clinical Training and Research Center, Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choe, Eunhui (Farm Animal Clinical Training and Research Center, Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Danil (Farm Animal Clinical Training and Research Center, Institute of Green-Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2017.02.15
  • Accepted : 2017.02.27
  • Published : 2017.04.28
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Abstract

Two one-month-old dairy calves which have Eimeria oocysts in their bloody diarrhea died acutely a few days after showing the first clinical signs. At necropsy, hemorrhagic and congestive gastrointestinal organs were observed in both calves, and abomasal ulcerations existed. As a prevalent agent in all of the collected intra-intestinal specimens, Clostridium perfringens was isolated and the strain was identified as type A possessing alpha and beta2-toxins. In these clinical cases, intercurrent infection by C. perfringens type A and Eimeria through contaminated environment may be responsible for acute hemorrhagic enteritis.

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