Clostridial myocarditis in lambs.
Five outbreaks of myocarditis were investigated in young sheep. They occurred during late winter and spring when there was lush growth of pasture following a prolonged period of drought. Clinically the disease was characterised by sudden death and pathological findings were dominated by acute multifocal locally extensive necrotising and haemorrhagic myocarditis. A fluorescent antibody technique was used to demonstrate the presence of Clostridium chauvoei in paraffin embedded sections of myocardium from 4 of the outbreaks.
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Wagga Wagga.
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Glastonbury
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Searson
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Tuckett
D000818:Animals; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006321:Heart / Q000382:microbiology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology