Brucella suis biotype 1 infection in a dog.
Brucella suis biotype 1 was isolated from the semen of a dog with hindlimb weakness and a large, firm, left epididymis. A semen sample was oligospermic, with many neutrophils, the numbers of which decreased in serial sampling. A card agglutination test for B abortus and a rapid slide agglutination test for B canis were positive. The modified 2-mercaptoethanol slide agglutination test for B canis and the agar gel immunodiffusion test, using B canis cell wall antigen, were negative. At necropsy, chronic granulomatous inflammation was found in, and B suis biotype 1 was isolated from, the left epididymis and prostate gland.
D000818:Animals; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004822:Epididymis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology