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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A study of abomasal disease in lambs aged 2-5 weeks, made during the period 1993-1998, included 67 cases and 45 non-affected controls. Gross pathological findings included various combinations of bloat, haemorrhage and ulcers in the abomasum. Sarcina -like bacteria were found in sections and smears from the abomasum of 79% (53/67) of the cases. From one case, a lamb with abomasal bloat, the anaerobic "packet"-forming Sarcina ventriculi was cultivated from the abomasal contents and identified by biochemical reactions and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Sarcina -like bacteria were observed microscopically in specimens from 94% (44/47) of the lambs with abomasal gas and in 45% (9/20) of those with ulcers or haemorrhage or both but little gas. On culture, abomasal contents from 41 cases yielded Clostridium fallax from 16 (39%) and Clostridium sordellii from eight (20%); abomasal cultures from 30 control lambs were negative for the three bacterial species. Quantitative cultivation, carried out on abomasal contents from live lambs and lambs dead </=3 h, showed that Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus spp. were present in the majority of both cases and controls, with no significant differences in the mean numbers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Abomasum, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Bacteriological Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Clostridium, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Clostridium perfringens, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Lactobacillus, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Peptic Ulcer, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Sarcina, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:10684688-Sheep Diseases
pubmed:articleTitle
Sarcina -like bacteria, Clostridium fallax and Clostridium sordellii in lambs with abomasal bloat, haemorrhage and ulcers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Sheep and Goat Research, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Kyrkjevegen, Sandnes, 332/334,4325, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't