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Clinical Investigations in a Goat Herd with Outbreaks of Listeriosis

Kliniske undersøkingar i ein geiteflokk med utbrot av listerioses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 23, pages 380–391 (1982)Cite this article

Abstract

The majority of 50 nonpregnant dairy goats in a herd showed acute symptoms of disease for 1–2 days after a sudden change in weather conditions, feeding regime and management. In 17 of the does the condition progressed with symptoms of septicaemia with depression, fever, inappetence and hypogalactia for a period of up to 5 weeks. Only 1 of these 17 animals died. Three weeks after the first symptoms were seen, 7 other animals showed typical symptoms of listeric encephalitis. All but 1 recovered within 2 weeks. Treatment with penicillin seemed to have good effect against both these disease forms.

The does with symptoms of septicaemia had significantly higher antibody titres against Listeria monocytogenes than the animals with encephalitis and the remainder.

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Størstedelen av 50 ikkje drektige getter i ein flokk viste akutt sjukdom i 1–2 dagar, etter brått vêromslag og endring i fôring og oppstalling. Hjå 17 av geitene forverra sjukdomen seg, med symptom på septikemi i opptil 5 veker. Desse geitene var sløve og hadde feber og nedsatt fôropptak og mjølkeproduksjon, men berre 1 dauda. 3 veker etter første sjukdomsteikn viste 7 andre dyr typiske symptom på listeriaencephalitt. Også av desse dauda 1 geit, medan dei andre kom seg innan 2 veker. Penicillinbehandling syntest å ha god effekt ved båe utbrota.

Geitene med symptom på septikemi hadde signifikant høgre anti-stofftiter mot Listeria monocytogenes enn både dyra med encephalitt og dei andre. Serologisk undersøking synest difor å kunne brukast til å stille diagnosen listeria-septikemi hjå geit.

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Løken, T., Grønstøl, H. Clinical Investigations in a Goat Herd with Outbreaks of Listeriosis. Acta Vet Scand 23, 380–391 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546789

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