OCCURRENCE OF BOTULISM IN FEEDLOT BOVINE IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE/ BRAZIL

Authors

  • Franciele - Maboni Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Fernanda Monego Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa Universidade do Vale do São Franscisco
  • Iveraldo Dutra Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Agueda Palmira Castagna de Vargas Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i4.3336

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

Botulism is the intoxication caused by a neurotoxin produced by the Clostridium botulinum, distinguished by flacid or complete skeletal musculature paralysis. This study reports a botulism outbrake in feedlot bovine, fed with corn silage. Samples of the liver, and of the intestinal and ruminal content from one of the bovine that presented typical clinical state for botulism, as well as a portion of corn silage were sent for bacterial analysis. In the laboratory, bioassay and serum neutralization were performed on rats, confirming the suspect for type C botulism. This report intends to warn veterinaries and breeders, which practice herd feedlot, because this procedure increases botulism susceptibility, and it is mainly related to the type and quality of the food ingested.

Keywords: bovine, Clostridium botulinum, feedlot.

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Author Biographies

Franciele - Maboni, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Laboratório de Bacteriologia. Curso de Medicina Veterinária. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva- Centro de ciências Rurais.

Fernanda Monego, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Laboratório de Bacteriologia. Curso de Medicina Veterinária. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva- Centro de ciências Rurais.

Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa, Universidade do Vale do São Franscisco

Colegiado de Zootecnia.

Iveraldo Dutra, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Depto. Apoio, Produção e Saúde animal.

Agueda Palmira Castagna de Vargas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Laboratório de Bacteriologia. Curso de Medicina Veterinária. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva- Centro de ciências Rurais.

Published

2010-12-21

How to Cite

MABONI, F. .-.; MONEGO, F.; MATIUZZI DA COSTA, M.; DUTRA, I.; PALMIRA CASTAGNA DE VARGAS, A. OCCURRENCE OF BOTULISM IN FEEDLOT BOVINE IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE/ BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 4, p. 962–965, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i4.3336. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3336. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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