Esra BÜYÜKCANGAZ, Cüneyt ÖZAKIN, Ahmet AKKOÇ, A Levent KOCABIYIK, İ. Taci CANGÜL

Disseminated Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus ınfection in a foal and associated mastitis in a Mare

Sunulan raporda Türkiye’de ilk defa olmak üzere 22 günlük dişi bir tayda sistemik Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus enfeksiyonu tanımlanmaktadır. Tay klinik olarak zayıf yapılıydı ve şiddetli pnömoni bulguları taşıyordu. Karpal ve tarsal eklemlerde ağrılı şişlikler vardı. Annesinin klinik muayenesinde mastitis tespit edildi. Tayın postmortem histopatolojik ve mikrobiyolojik incelemesinde şiddetli S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus enfeksiyonu tanısı kondu. Etken saf kültür halinde mastitisli kısrağın süt örneğinden de izole edildi.

Bir tayda yaygın streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus septisemisi ve kısrakta buna bağlı oluşan mastitis olgusu

A systemic infection with Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is described in a 22-day-old female foal for the first time in Turkey. Clinically the foal was in poor condition and had severe pneumonia. Painful swellings of the carpal and tarsal joints were evident. Examination of the dam revealed clinical mastitis. Postmortem histopathological and microbiological examinations of samples from the foal revealed a disseminated infection with S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus. The causative agent was also recovered in pure culture from a milk sample of the mare.

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