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Disseminated Rhodococcus equi in an Anglo‐Nubian goat
Author(s) -
Haanen Gillian A. Y.,
Lim Chee Kin,
Baird Aubrey N.,
Sola Mario F.,
Lenz Stephen D.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/vru.12638
Subject(s) - rhodococcus equi , medicine , lameness , lesion , radiography , tibia , pathology , foot (prosody) , cytology , bronchopneumonia , radiology , anatomy , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , virulence , gene
Disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection was diagnosed in an Anglo‐Nubian goat presenting for non‐weight bearing lameness of the right pelvic limb. Radiographs showed a moth‐eaten osteolytic lesion in the proximal tibia suggestive of an aggressive bone lesion. Two pulmonary nodules were also present on thoracic radiographs. Initial antemortem cytology of the tibial lesion was suggestive of Rhodococcosis and the goat was sent to necropsy. Necropsy and bacterial culture confirmed the diagnosis of disseminated R. equi infection in the right tibia, lungs, and liver.