Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Acute outbreak of glanders in horses: clinical, serological and pathological studies in Iraq

Dr. Khalil H. Al Jeboori, Dr. Faisal G. Habasha

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An acute outeak of glanders occurred in thirteen horses in a stable farm at Diyala province, Iraq. Three horses were died and the rest ten showed different clinical signs of glanders including fever, anorexia, emaciation, mucopurulent, nasal discharge and one to two ulcerative nodules located in the nasal mucosa, submaxillary lymph Node enlargement and swelling and enlargement of both testes. Both horses showed multiple ulcerative nodules on the hind limbs and abdomen. From these ulcerative nodules of the skin and nasal cavity, Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) mallei were isolated. Both horses give positive mallein test and variable levels of antibodies titers arranged between 80 – 640 with a mean of (224 ± 66.58). Three horses were died and showed extensive acute onchopneumonia composed of purulent exudates in the onchi, onchioles and in alveoli. In other sections purulent exudates admixed with edema and fiin filled the alveolar lumina. No granulomatous reactions were seen in the pulmonary tissue examined except that, in certain sections focal necrotizing pulmonary tissue with purulent exudates may be become pyogranuloma in chronic stage of the disease. Upper respiratory tract lesions include mucopurulenttracheitis, rhinitis together with ulcerative nodules located in the nasal mucosa. Also enlargement of the onchial and submixallary lymph nodes. Cutaneous lesions consisted of ulcerative nodules filled with pus distributed on the hind limbs and abdomen with suppurativelymphangitis giving farcy pipes form of cutaneous glanders lesions.

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Dr. Khalil H. Al-Jeboori, Faisal G. Habash Acute outbreak of glanders in horses: clinical, serological and pathological studies in Iraq Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue.VI June 2014


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