Abstract
A 16-year-old Westphalian mare aborted a dead fetus at 7 months of gestation without prodromal signs. The chorioallantois was diffusely thickened and discoloured, with fibrinous plaques, congestion and haemorrhage. Small colonies of 1-μm, Gram-positive bacilli were scattered throughout the exudate overlying the chorionic epithelium, and within macrophages. Bacillus safensis was isolated from the fetal lungs and from a swab sample of the mare's uterus. This strain represents the first case of a B. safensis-associated equine abortion and the first case of any infection caused by this bacterium.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | e28-e30 |
Journal | Equine Veterinary Education |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2021 |
Keywords
- Bacillus safensis
- abortion
- horse
- mare
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Equine