A retrospective study of hepatic abscesses in goats: pathological and microbiological findings.
Post-mortem examination of 658 goats showed that 17 (2.5%) exhibited hepatic abscesses. The following bacteria were isolated: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (58.9%), Escherichia coli (11.8%), Corynebacterium sp. (11.8%), Pasteurella haemolytica (5.9%), Proteus sp. (5.9%) and Staphylococcus aureus (5.9%). Hepatic abscesses occurred more frequently in adult animals. Eleven of the 17 goats (64.7%) were older than 12 months of age. Four goats (23.5%) were 12 months of age and only two (11.8%) were less than 1 year of age. All of the goats with hepatic abscesses were in poor nutritional condition and the abscesses were invariably associated with accompanying pathological disorders at other body sites.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies