CHRONIC EPIDIDYMITIS FOR Enterobacter cloacae IN DOG

Authors

  • Fabiano José Ferreira de Sant’ana CAJ/UFG
  • Edismair Carvalho Garcia CAJ/UFG
  • Rogério Elias Rabelo CAJ/UFG
  • Carla Afonso da Silva Bitencourt Braga CAJ/UFG
  • Caroline Rocha de Oliveira Lima PPGCA/EV/UFG
  • Yara Luíza da Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v9i3.4941

Abstract

This report describes the clinic, anatomopathological and microbiological aspects of a case of chronic epididymitis in dog caused by Enterobacter cloacae. A three-year-old Boxer male dog with a history of scrotum unilateral swelling was submitted to cytopathologic examination. After cytologic diagnosis sugestive of bacterial orchitis/ epididymitis was indicated the castration. Grossly, the right epididymis was very firm and enlarged with irregular cut surface. Epididymis and testicle samples were collected to histologic and microbiologic exams. Histologic diagnosis of chronic epididymitis and testicular degeneration were confirmed. In the bacteriological valuation, E. cloacae was identified. Diferential diagnosis was realized especially with orchitis and testicular/epididymal neoplasms. Apparently, the present case is a first descrititon of epididymitis in dog associated to E. cloacae infection.

KEY WORDS: Dog, epididymitis, Enterobacter cloacae.

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Published

2008-10-15

How to Cite

SANT’ANA, F. J. F. de; GARCIA, E. C.; RABELO, R. E.; BRAGA, C. A. da S. B.; LIMA, C. R. de O.; COSTA, Y. L. da. CHRONIC EPIDIDYMITIS FOR Enterobacter cloacae IN DOG. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 3, p. 796–800, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v9i3.4941. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4941. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

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Case report