| Title: Probable paratuberculosis in a Sicilian ass.
| | Title Abreviation: J Am Vet Med Assoc
| Date of Pub: 1990 Feb 1
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| Author: Dierckins MS; Sherman DM; Gendron-Fitzpatrick A;
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| Issue/Part/Supplement: 3
| Volume Issue: 196
| Pagination: 459-61
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| MESH Headings: Animal; Case Report; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Diarrhea (ET/*VE); Female; Paratuberculosis (*DI/PA); Perissodactyla (*); -AA-;
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| Journal Title Code:
HAV
| Publication Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
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| Date of Entry: 900305N | Entry Month: 9005
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| Country: UNITED STATES
| Index Priority: 2
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| Language: Eng
| Unique Identifier: 90130021
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| Unique Identifier: 90130021
| ISSN: 0003-1488
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| Abstract: A presumptive diagnosis of paratuberculosis was made in a Sicilian ass on the basis of a history of chronic diarrhea and weight loss, pasture exposure to a heifer with paratuberculosis confirmed by bacterial culture of feces, postmortem identification of granulomatous inflammation of the intestine containing acid-fast organisms, the absence of acid-fast organisms in extraenteric tissues, and the absence of exposure to tuberculosis. The literature on paratuberculosis in equids is reviewed. The potential for cross-species transmission is emphasized. Justification for consideration of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection in the differential diagnoses of equine granulomatous enteritis is discussed.
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| Abstract By: Author
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| Address: Bristol Veterinary Service, SC, Union Grove, WI 53182.
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