An outbreak of foal yersiniosis in Poland: pathological and bacteriological examination.
In the springtime of 1995, 10 per cent of foals at a stud-farm died due to suppurative lesions. Three dead foals were examined. The manifestations of watery diarrhoea and pneumonia were observed. A profuse growth of an enterotoxigenic strain of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was obtained from the internal organs of the foals. The foals with clinical symptoms of pneumonia and watery diarrhoea were immunized with Propionibacterium acnes t. II. All mares and their offspring from the stud were treated with an immunomodulator (Propionibacterium acnes t. II) and then vaccinated with a formalin-inactivated culture of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Czernomysy-Furowicz
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Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Agricultural University in Szczecin, Poland.
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D018397:Equidae; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*