title: Treatment of a calf with Clostridium chauvoei infection.
abstract: In a small beef cattle herd, two 2- to 3-month-old calves had died suddenly. A 2.5-month-old calf, with Clostridium chauvoei infection of the right hip and stifle region, was treated successfully with procaine penicillin G. The herd had not been vaccinated against any disease.
authors.affiliation: USAF Hospital Tyndall/SGPM, FL 32403.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006615:Hip; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013264:Stifle
chemical_list: D010402:Penicillin G Procaine; D010400:Penicillin G