title: Endocarditis associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a fat-tailed ram.
abstract: Endocarditis is rarely reported in sheep and information presented for ovine endocarditis is based mostly on comparative findings in the cattle. Infective vegetative endocarditis of the right heart was diagnosed in a 3-year-old fat-tailed ram. Clinical findings included tachycardia, marked brisket edema, jugular veins distention and pulsation and pale mucous membranes. Hematologic abnormality included neutrophilic leukocytosis. Necropsy confirmed severe right atrioventricular and pulmonary valves vegetative endocarditis with evidence of right heart failure. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated from those vegetative lisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran;
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Aslani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran;
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi Kahrisangi
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baghban
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran;
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazemi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran;
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heidari
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran;
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salehi
keywords: Atrioventicular valve; Endocarditis; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Pulmonary valve; Sheep