Systemic Mycobacteriosis in an Aborted Thoroughbred Fetus inJapan

[摘要] References(20)A male Thoroughbred fetus wasaborted on day 251 of pregnancy. Gross and histological examinations detected systemicgranulomatous lesions in many superficial and visceral lymph nodes and organs includingthe liver, tonsils, lungs, thymus, spleen, right thyroid gland and gastrointestinal tract,and suppurative placentitis, pyogranulomatous amnionitis and intralesional acid-fastbacilli were also detected. An examination of the DNA base sequence of the β subunit ofRNA polymerase demonstrated that Mycobacterium avium strain 104 hadinfected several organs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of equinefetal mycobacterial infection in Japan.

[学科分类] 兽医学

[关键词] abortion;horse;Japan;mycobacterium avium