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- Title
OCORRÊNCIA DE BOTULISMO EM BOVINOS CONFINADOS NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL.
- Authors
Maboni, Franciele; Monego, Fernanda; Dutra,, Iveraldo; da Costa, Mateus Matiuzzi; de Vargas, E Agueda Castagna
- Abstract
Botulism is the intoxication caused by a neurotoxin produced by the Clostridium botulinum, distinguished by flacid or complete skeletal musculature paralysis. This study reports a botulism outbrake in feedlot bovine, fed with corn silage. Samples of the liver, and of the intestinal and ruminal content from one of the bovine that presented typical clinical state for botulism, as well as a portion of corn silage were sent for bacterial analysis. In the laboratory, bioassay and serum neutralization were performed on rats, confirming the suspect for type C botulism. This report intends to warn veterinaries and breeders, which practice herd feedlot, because this procedure increases botulism susceptibility, and it is mainly related to the type and quality of the food ingested.
- Subjects
BOTULISM; NEUROTOXIC agents; CLOSTRIDIUM botulinum; MUSCLES; PARALYSIS; FEEDLOTS; BOS; CORN; BACTERIA
- Publication
Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 4, p962
- ISSN
1518-2797
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5216/cab.v11i4.3336