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Mycobacterium avium infection in a dog
Author(s) -
BEAUMONT PETER R.,
JEZYK PETER F.,
HASKINS MARK E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1981.tb01397.x
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , spleen , pathology , cecum , lymph , caecum , laparotomy , mycobacterium , biopsy , surgery , tuberculosis
A 5‐year old, spayed, mongrel was presented with intractable diarrhoea. Histopathologic examination of biopsy specimens taken during exploratory laparotomy revealed acid‐fast organisms in the spleen, caecum, and colon. The dog was subsequently destroyed. At post‐mortem, lesions were also observed in the liver and lymph nodes. Mycobacterium avium was cultured from splenic tissue. Infection of dogs with this organism is rare and the clinical picture described unusual.