Outbreaks of tetanus in beef cattle and sheep in Brazil associated with disophenol injection.
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.
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Department of Veterinary Pathology, UFRGS, CEP. 91540-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. davetpat@vortex.ufrgs.br
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Fernandes
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Corrêa
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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
D009596:Nitrophenols; D014612:Vaccines; C004862:disophenol