title: Proportional mortality: A study of 152 goats submitted for necropsy from 13 goat herds in Quebec, with a special focus on caseous lymphadenitis.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to determine the main causes of mortality, with a special focus on caseous lymphadenits as a cause of death or wasting in caprine herds from Quebec. Goats (n = 152) from 13 herds were submitted for necropsy; the cause of mortality, and the presence, location, and cause of abscesses (if present) were recorded. Proportional mortalities were distributed as: Clostridium perfringens type D enterotoxemia (17.1%), pneumonia (13.8%), paratuberculosis (10.5%), listeriosis (6.6%), pregnancy toxemia (5.3%), caprine arthritis-encephalitis (4.6%), and caseous lymphadenitis (3.9%). Caseous lymphadenitis was diagnosed in 24.3% of the submitted goats, but was not a major cause of wasting or mortality. Abscesses were localized internally in 54.1% of the cases. Paratuberculosis was diagnosed in 29 goats (16 as cause of death) and was considered a major cause of wasting and/or mortality.
authors.affiliation: Département de pathologie et microbiologie (Debien, Hélie, Bélanger, Drolet) et département de sciences cliniques (Buczinski), Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada; Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, 200, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec G1R 4X6 (Lebœuf).
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Debien
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hélie
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buczinski
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebœuf
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bélanger
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drolet
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D016925:Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004767:Enterotoxemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D006041:Goats; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology