Isolamento de Campylobacter jejuni em feto ovino abortado: relato de caso Isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from ovine aborted fetus: case report
2005
A.C. Vargas | M. Cecim | L.R. Viana | D.A. Spricigo | M.M. Costa
Relata-se o isolamento de Campylobacter jejuni de um feto ovino abortado no terço final da gestação. Em uma semana, observaram-se quatro casos de aborto em ovelhas com quatro meses de gestação. Imediatamente após o terceiro aborto, um dos fetos foi submetido a exame patológico, quando se realizou a colheita do conteúdo do abomaso para análise bacteriológica. À necropsia, somente foram evidenciadas alterações autolíticas. Apenas na microaerofilia encontrou-se crescimento bacteriano puro com características morfo-tintoriais de Campylobacter sp., identificado fenotípica e molecularmente como C. jejuni. Alerta-se para a possibilidade de quadros de abortos em ovinos serem causados por esse patógeno.<br>Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from aborted ovine fetus at the end of gestation. Three abortion cases within a week and another fourth case one month later were observed. Immediately after the third case, one fetus was submitted to necropsy and samples from abomasal content were collected for bacteriological analysis. At necropsy, only post-mortem and autolytic lesions were observed. Under microaerophilic conditions, a pure bacterial growth was obtained and identified by morphological and tintorial characteristics as Campylobacter sp., being the isolate confirmed as C. jejuni, by phenotypic and molecular assays. This is an alert for the possibility of this pathogen cause abortion in ovine.
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