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Fırat University Veterinary Journal of Health Sciences
2013, Volume 27, Number 1, Page(s) 001-005
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The Clinical, Pathological and Microbiological Findings in Sheep with Listeriosis
Songül ÇERİBAŞI1, Ömer KIZIL2, Murat KARAHAN3
1Fırat Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
2Fırat Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
3Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Sivas, TÜRKİYE
Keywords: L. monocytogenes, sheep, clinical findings, microbiology, pathology

The aim of this study was to report the clinical, pathological and microbiological findings in the sheep with listeriosis. Twenty-five sheep that had neurological symptoms and mortality constitued the material of the study. The clinically anorexia, abortus, conjuctivitis, depression and neurological signs were determined in the diseased animals. The blood, feed, milk, and feces samples were taken from the sick sheep. The biochemical paramaters were between the reference values for sheep. The necropsie was carried out in three sheep, and PCR was applied to the samples of brain and spinal cord. The histopatological changes were seen especially in the brain, pons, medulla oblangata and grey matter. Listeria spp. suspected isolates, as indicated by black colonies on the Listeria Isolation Medium (Oxford formulation) agar plates were obtained from three sheep brain samples. In the analysis of culture positive samples by species-specific PCR, all isolates were identified as L. monocytogenes.

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