title: Helcococcus ovis isolated from a goat with purulent bronchopneumonia and pulmonary abscesses.
abstract: The current study describes the recovery of Helcococcus ovis from an adult female Verata breed goat that was euthanized because of respiratory problems and emaciation. At necropsy, the affected animal showed a purulent bronchopneumonia with scattered pulmonary abscesses and fibrous pleural adhesions. A Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium was isolated from the lung tissue and confirmed as H. ovis by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing.
authors.affiliation: Producción Animal, Centro de Investigación Finca La Orden-Valdesequera, Autovia AV km 372, 06187 Guadajira, Badajoz, Spain. alfrgcia@unex.es
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Risco
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Benítez
authors.forename: Remigio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Waldo Luis
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Jesús María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cuesta
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006041:Goats / Q000382:microbiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*