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Surto de botulismo tipo C em frangos na cidade de Pancas, Espírito Santo, Brasil

2013; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE LONDRINA; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n1p355

ISSN

1679-0359

Autores

Guilherme Guerra Alves, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Prhiscylla Sadanã Pires, Felipe Masiero Salvarani, Carlos Augusto Oliveira, Gustavo Xavier Wassita de Souza, Fernanda Celano de M Santos, Rogério Pinheiro Caldas, Ronnie Antunes de Assis, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato,

Tópico(s)

Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus

Resumo

This work aims to describe an outbreak of botulism in poultry (Gallus gallus domesticus), in Pancas City, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The birds were derived from a subsistence property with approximately 150 domestic fowls. The owner reported finding some birds lying on the floor and others exhibiting limited mobility. Ten animals in agony were euthanized, necropsied and had their blood serum collected. About 72 hours after the onset of clinical signs, 144 (96%) animals of the creation had already died. No postmortem changes were found at necropsies. Clostridium botulinum type C toxins were detected in the sera of euthanized chickens by mice neutralization tests. The observation of clinical signs, absence of post-mortem lesions and the result of mouse neutralization tests confirmed the diagnosis of botulism caused by C. botulinum type C. Unfortunately, the source of toxins was not found.

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