Open AccessPATHOLOGY OF EQUINE INFECTION WITH SALMONELLA TYPHIMPRIUM VAR COPENHAGEN
Author(s) -
F.G. Eabasha,
K.K Al- Awadi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the iraqi journal of veterinary medicine/al-maǧallaẗ al-ṭibbiyyaẗ al-bayṭariyyaẗ al-’irāqiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7409
pISSN - 1609-5693
DOI - 10.30539/ijvm.v21i1.1263
Subject(s) - lamina propria , enteritis , submucosa , salmonella , edema , ileum , necrosis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , intestinal mucosa , pathology , inoculation , medicine , bacteria , epithelium , genetics
Twelve horses were divided into three equal groups. Group I animals were inoculated orally with (3.7 X1012)CFU of a highly virulent strain of Salmonella typhimurium 3,;a_r cop§_n__hagen. Group 11 animals were inoculated orally with 2 doses of Salmonella and then challenged with a high dose. Group III horses, served as non - infected control. ‘
The main lesions were primarily conned to the digestive tract and were characterized by catarrhal enteritis. Pseudornembrane covered the mucosa of the ileum at the ileo — cecal Valve region.
Histopathological examination revealed marked rnononuclear cellular inltration in the lamina propria and occasionally necrosis and edema in the mucosa and submucosa of the intestine.