Pubblicazione scientifica

The First Case of Botulism in a Donkey

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
trasformazione e commercializzazione	macchinari di ausilio alla lavorazione e trasformazione del pesce

RIASSUNTO

Botulism, a severe neuroparalytic disease that can affect humans, all warm-blooded animals, and some fishes, is caused by exotoxins produced by ubiquitous, obligate anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium and named botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)-producing clostridia. This report presents the case of a 3-year-old donkey mare referred for progressive and worsening dysphagia of four days’ duration. Her voluntary effort in eating and drinking was conserved, and she was able to slow chew without swallowing. A complete neurological examination was performed, and botulism was strongly suspected. The ability to swallow feed and water returned on the tenth day of hospitalization and improved progressively. The jenny was discharged from the hospital after fifteen days. During the hospitalization, the Italian National Reference Centre for Botulism confirmed the diagnosis: mare’s feces were positive for BoNT/B and Clostridium botulinum type B.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 15/05/2019

AUTORI

LANCI ALIAI
RINNOVATI RICCARDO
ANNIBALLI FABRIZIO
AURICCHIO BRUNA
SCALFARO CONCETTA
MENCHETTI MARIKA
SPADARI ALESSANDRO
MARIELLA JOLE

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES DIMEVET UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA VIA TOLARA DI SOPRA 50 OZZANO DELL’EMILIA 40064 BOLOGNA ITALY RICCARDO RINNOVATI2@UNIBO IT RR MARIKA MENCHETTI3@UNIBO IT MM ALESSANDRO SPADARI@UNIBO IT AS JOLE MARIELLA2@UNIBO IT JM
NATL REFERENCE CTR BOTULISM NRCB INST

RIVISTA

Veterinary Sciences, 6(2), 43

IMPACT FACTOR

1,420

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