Necrotizing hepatitis associated with enteric salmonellosis in an alpaca.
Salmonella typhimurium was isolated from the feces of an alpaca suffering anorexia and weight loss. Multifocal necrotizing and suppurative hepatitis consistent with bacterial infection was found in the liver biopsies. Enteric salmonellosis may be associated with milder physical and clinicopathological changes in camelids than in other large animal species.
Saulez
Montague N
MN
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, 158 Magruder Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4803, USA.
Cebra
Christopher K
CK
Valentine
Beth A
BA
D000818:Animals; D002161:Camelids, New World / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006520:Hepatitis, Animal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*