title: Cutaneous pythiosis in a Red Brangus beef calf cured by immunotherapy.
abstract: Pythiosis in Southern USA have been increasingly reported in the past ten years. The infection occurs more frequently in dogs and horses inhabiting the endemic areas. Cases of the disease are rarely diagnosed in other species including humans. Herein, we describe the first case of bovine pythiosis in a breed other than Brahman successfully treated by the used of immunotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Ward Animal Hospital, Nacogdoches, TX 75964, USA.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: Pan American Veterinary Labs., Hutto, TX 78634, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.affiliation: SolidTech Animal Health, Inc., Newcastle, OK 73065, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vilela
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Leonel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mendoza
keywords: Beef calf; Oomycota; Pythiosis; Pythium insidiosum