Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus infection in barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia)
2007
Koh, B.R.D. (Gwangju Metropolitan Health and Environment Research Institute, Gwangju, Republic of Korea), E-mail: barada@hanmail.net | Park, S.D. (Gwangju Metropolitan Health and Environment Research Institute, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Kim, J.I. (Gwangju Metropolitan Health and Environment Research Institute, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Park, J.T. (Gwangju Metropolitan Health and Environment Research Institute, Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
An eight years old female barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), which bred at the Gwangju Uchi Park Zoo had shown anorexia, depression,. respiratory problem for several weeks after parturition. In necropsy, extensive necrotizing pneumonia was found with severe immunocytes infiltration in the alveolar spaces and bronchioles. Pulmonary pleura were thickened with fibrin and inflammatory cells. Bacteria were isolated from lung and identified as Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (SEZ) by biochemical tests and PCR on sodA and gusA genes, though seeⅠgene was not detected.
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