title: Isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat with clinical epididymo-orchitis in Brazil.
abstract: The present study reports the first isolation of Actinobacillus seminis from a goat in Brazil. A four-year-old Moxotó breeding goat in a flock of 70 goats and 65 sheep reared together in the county of Patos, semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, showed clinical signs of unilateral orchitis and epididymitis. Diagnosis of A. seminis infection was confirmed by association of clinical findings, bacterial isolation and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This result suggests that A. seminis may be an additional cause of infertility in goats, and that sheep may be the source of infection because the mixed farming system allows the contact between sheep and goats in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina Veterinária Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural Universidade Federal de Campina Grande PatosPB Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabrine Alexandre
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina Veterinária Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural Universidade Federal de Campina Grande PatosPB Brazil.
authors.forename: Edísio Oliveira
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.affiliation: Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina Veterinária Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural Universidade Federal de Campina Grande PatosPB Brazil.
authors.forename: Sérgio Santos
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.affiliation: Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina Veterinária Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural Universidade Federal de Campina Grande PatosPB Brazil.
authors.forename: Felício
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garino Júnior
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco RecifePE Brazil.
authors.forename: Rinaldo Aparecido
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco RecifePE Brazil.
authors.forename: Pomy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Cássia Peixoto Kim
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco RecifePE Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Lisa Vale
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina Veterinária Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural Universidade Federal de Campina Grande PatosPB Brazil.
authors.forename: Clebert José
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000189:Actinobacillus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D044133:Actinobacillus seminis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: Actinobacillus seminis; epididymitis; goats; isolation