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Clostridial myocarditis in lambs
Author(s) -
GLASTONBURY JRW,
SEARSON JE,
LINKS IJ,
TUCKETT LM
Publication year - 1988
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.1751-0813.1988.tb14459.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , myocarditis , pasture , pathological , sudden death , acute myocarditis , veterinary medicine , medicine , biology , pathology , virology , cardiology , agronomy
SUMMARY: Five outbreaks of myocarditis were investigated in young sheep. They occurred during late winter and spring when there was lush growth of pasture following a prolonged period of drought. Clinically the disease was characterised by sudden death and pathological findings were dominated by acute multifocal locally extensive necrotising and haemorrhagic myocarditis. A fluorescent antibody technique was used to demonstrate the presence of Closfridium chauvoei in paraffin embedded sections of myocardium from 4 of the outbreaks.