Citrobacter koseri Septicaemia in a Holstein Calf

• Published in: Journal of comparative pathology Vol. 151; no. 4; pp. 309 - 313
• Main Authors: Komine, M., Massa, A., Moon, L., Mullaney, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Animals; arthritis; blindness; calf; calves; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - microbiology; Cattle Diseases - pathology; Citrobacter koseri; colostrum; Enterobacteriaceae Infections - pathology; Enterobacteriaceae Infections - veterinary; Holstein; humans; Male; males; meninges; meningitis; necropsy; neonates; Sepsis - microbiology; Sepsis - pathology; Sepsis - veterinary; septicaemia; septicemia; small intestine; spleen; synovial fluid; septicaemia; Citrobacter koseri; calf; meningitis

A 4-day-old male Holstein calf with dull mentation, nystagmus and blindness was humanely destroyed and subject to necropsy examination. Gross lesions included severe suppurative meningitis characterized by diffuse cloudy thickening of the meninges, bilateral hypopyon and fibrinosuppurative polyarthr...