Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America

We investigated deaths in a group of feedlot steers in Argentina. The main findings in 3 steers autopsied were pulmonary congestion and edema, necrotizing myocarditis, pericarditis, suppurative leptomeningitis, and bronchopneumonia. Histophilus somni was detected by bacterial culture and immunohisto...

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Main Authors: Margineda, Carlos Augusto, O'Toole, Donal, Prieto, Mónica, Uzal, Francisco A., Zielinski, Gustavo Carlos
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8257
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1040638719876302
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author Margineda, Carlos Augusto
O'Toole, Donal
Prieto, Mónica
Uzal, Francisco A.
Zielinski, Gustavo Carlos
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description We investigated deaths in a group of feedlot steers in Argentina. The main findings in 3 steers autopsied were pulmonary congestion and edema, necrotizing myocarditis, pericarditis, suppurative leptomeningitis, and bronchopneumonia. Histophilus somni was detected by bacterial culture and immunohistochemistry in the hearts of the 3 animals. Partial sequences of the 16S rRNA gene of a H. somni isolate had 99% similarity with other H. somni sequences in GenBank. Most reports of H. somni septicemia in cattle originate from North America and western Europe. There is scant information about cardiac histophilosis in South America. A survey of diagnostic laboratory personnel in 7 South American countries documented various forms of bovine histophilosis in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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spelling INTA82572020-11-13T11:45:35Z Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America Margineda, Carlos Augusto O'Toole, Donal Prieto, Mónica Uzal, Francisco A. Zielinski, Gustavo Carlos Ganado Bovino Haemophilus somnus Miocarditis Meningitis Enfermedades de los Animales Neumonía Cattle Myocarditis Animal Diseases Pneumonia Histophilus somni Muerte Súbita Sudden Death We investigated deaths in a group of feedlot steers in Argentina. The main findings in 3 steers autopsied were pulmonary congestion and edema, necrotizing myocarditis, pericarditis, suppurative leptomeningitis, and bronchopneumonia. Histophilus somni was detected by bacterial culture and immunohistochemistry in the hearts of the 3 animals. Partial sequences of the 16S rRNA gene of a H. somni isolate had 99% similarity with other H. somni sequences in GenBank. Most reports of H. somni septicemia in cattle originate from North America and western Europe. There is scant information about cardiac histophilosis in South America. A survey of diagnostic laboratory personnel in 7 South American countries documented various forms of bovine histophilosis in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. EEA Marcos Juárez Fil: Margineda, Carlos Augusto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina Fil: O'Toole, Donal. University of Wyoming. Department of Veterinary Sciences. Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Prieto, Monica. ANLIS “Dr. Carlos Malbran”. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina Fil: Uzal, Francisco. Universidad de California-Davis. California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Zielinski, Gustavo Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina 2020-11-13T11:39:53Z 2020-11-13T11:39:53Z 2019 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8257 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1040638719876302 1040-6387 1943-4936 https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638719876302 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf SAGE Publishing Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 31 (6) : 893–898. (2019)
spellingShingle Ganado Bovino
Haemophilus somnus
Miocarditis
Meningitis
Enfermedades de los Animales
Neumonía
Cattle
Myocarditis
Animal Diseases
Pneumonia
Histophilus somni
Muerte Súbita
Sudden Death
Margineda, Carlos Augusto
O'Toole, Donal
Prieto, Mónica
Uzal, Francisco A.
Zielinski, Gustavo Carlos
Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America
title Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America
title_full Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America
title_fullStr Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America
title_full_unstemmed Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America
title_short Histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle: case report and occurrence in South America
title_sort histophilus somni myocarditis and leptomeningitis in feedlot cattle case report and occurrence in south america
topic Ganado Bovino
Haemophilus somnus
Miocarditis
Meningitis
Enfermedades de los Animales
Neumonía
Cattle
Myocarditis
Animal Diseases
Pneumonia
Histophilus somni
Muerte Súbita
Sudden Death
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8257
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1040638719876302
https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638719876302
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