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INTESTINAL CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN A KID GOAT
Author(s) -
Mason R. W.,
Hartley W. J.,
Tilt L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1981.tb00529.x
Subject(s) - enterocyte , staining , brush border , lamina propria , haematoxylin , pathology , infiltration (hvac) , biology , sloughing , small intestine , medicine , epithelium , vesicle , genetics , physics , membrane , thermodynamics , biochemistry
SUMMARY: A 2‐week‐old Angora kid goat developed diarrhoea and was treated with parenterally administered antibiotics and saline. The kid rapidly became moribund and died within 6 hours of the first signs of illness. No bacterial or viral agents were detected in the intestinal content. On histological examination large numbers of small haematoxylin‐staining bodies were detected associated with the brush border of small intestinal enterocytes. Associated with these bodies there was variable shortening of intestinal villi, some congestion and focal leucocyte infiltration in the lamina propira of the villi and focal epithelial erosions, sloughing or cell transition to more immature enterocyte forms. The location and features revealed by light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy indicate these bodies are cryptoporidia.