Acute mastitis and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy caused by Pasteurella haemolytica in a cow.
Pasteurella haemolytica was found to be the cause of acute mastitis, toxemia, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy in a cow. Intensive treatment with antibiotics and fluid and heparin administration failed to reverse the progression of the disease, and death resulted. Necropsy revealed extensive evidence of consumptive coagulopathy, as well as mastitis. Pasteurella haemolytica rarely has been implicated as a cause of mastitis in cows.
Kiper
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Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Boren Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
Paulsen
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DP
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000209:etiology*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000662:veterinary*