title: Outbreaks of tetanus in beef cattle and sheep in Brazil associated with disophenol injection.
abstract: Outbreaks of tetanus, in which 297 beef cattle and 50 sheep were affected and died, were associated with the injection of a Clostridium tetani-contaminated anthelmintic (disophenol). The disease was observed on five farms in Rio Grande Sul, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, UFRGS, CEP. 91540-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. davetpat@vortex.ufrgs.br
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Driemeier
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Schild
authors.forename: J C T
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Colodel
authors.forename: A M R
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.forename: C E F
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: C S L
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000009:adverse effects; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013742:Tetanus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D009596:Nitrophenols; D014612:Vaccines; C004862:disophenol