Jejunal hemorrhage syndrome in a Zebu cow in Brazil

• Main Authors: Prhiscylla Sadanã Pires, Jose Azael Zambrano Uribe, Antônio Último de Carvalho, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Felipe Masiero Salvarani, Rodrigo Melo Meneses, Luiza Bossi Leite, Guilherme Guerra Alves, Luciana Aramuni Gonçalves, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Elias Jorge Facury Filho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2015-08-01
• Series: Ciência Rural
• Subjects: Clostridium perfringens; gene da toxina beta-2; enteropatógenos; coágulo sanguíneo entérico.
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015000801476&lng=en&tlng=en

Clostridium perfringens type A has been incriminated as the etiologic agent in jejunal hemorrhage syndrome (JHS), which is a disease that affects dairy cattle. Although this microorganism is considered an important enteropathogen the pathogenesis of JHS is still not clear, and there have been no reports of its occurrence in Brazil so far. The aim of this study was to describe the occurrence of JHS by infection with a C. perfringens type A strain carrying the beta-2 toxin gene in a zebu cow in Brazil, for the first time.