Re: RC: Re: Re: Re:Colic insurance

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/14/99 6:54:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:

<< Heidi - do I recall reading somewhere that Corynebacterium
 pseudotuberculosis causes some other problem than just pigeon fever, or
 am I just having a Senior Moment?  Lif >>

Pigeon fever is the only one I'm aware of in horses.  It does go by other 
names, though, such as dryland distemper, bastard strangles, etc.  In sheep 
it causes a somewhat similar problem called caseous lymphadenitis.  Other 
Corynebacterium spp. cause problems in horses, though--C. equi causes 
neonatal diarrheas, septicemias, and lung abcesses in foals, C. equi and C. 
pyogenes are rare but occasional causes of abortion, there is a C. renale 
that sometimes shows up in pyelonephritis in large animals, some that show up 
in mastitis in cattle, etc.  But C. pseudotuberculosis is pretty much just 
pigeon fever in horses...

Heidi


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