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Ovine abortion and stillbirth due to purulent placentitis caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6516181     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was isolated from an aborted placenta and stillborn lamb from a sheep flock having multiple abortions. Given intravenously, it caused elevated body temperatures and purulent placentitis in eight of nine ewes. Two ewes died following infection at 2.5 months of gestation. Two ewes infected at 3.5 months gestation aborted; three infected at four months gave birth to weak, premature, or moribund lambs. One ewe infected at 4.5 months gave birth to a healthy lamb. One lamb which died minutes after birth had focal necrotizing hepatitis, a lesion observed in a stillborn lamb during the original disease outbreak. Y. pseudotuberculosis was reisolated from endometrial, placental, and fetal lesions of experimentally infected animals.
Authors:
E Karbe; E D Erickson
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Veterinary pathology     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0300-9858     ISO Abbreviation:  Vet. Pathol.     Publication Date:  1984 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-02-11     Completed Date:  1985-02-11     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0312020     Medline TA:  Vet Pathol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  601-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abortion, Veterinary / microbiology*
Animals
Female
Fetal Death / microbiology,  veterinary*
Inflammation / microbiology,  veterinary
Placenta Diseases / microbiology,  veterinary*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology,  veterinary*
Sheep
Sheep Diseases / microbiology*
Yersinia / isolation & purification
Yersinia Infections / veterinary*

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