title: Glanders in donkeys (Equus Asinus) in the state of pernambuco, Brazil: A case report.
abstract: The clinical, anatomical and histopatological findings of glanders diagnosis in donkeys in the state of Pernambuco-Brazil are reported. The animals were euthanized and necropsied, and evaluated for lesions in respiratory and lymphatic systems, confirming the disease by isolation of Burkholderia mallei and Strauss test.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco , Recife, PE , Brasil.
authors.forename: Rinaldo Aparecido
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: Andréa Alice
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: da Fonseca Oliveira
authors.forename: Andréa Marques Vieira
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: José Wilton Pinheiro
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Junior
authors.forename: Leonildo Bento Galiza
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Marilene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Farias Brito
authors.forename: Silvana Suely Assis
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rabelo
keywords: Burkholderia mallei; Strauss test; epidemiology; histopathology; microbiologyy