Isolation of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum from calves with pneumonia and proposal of a diagnostic protocol.
2012
The aims of this study are the isolation and identification of possible
bacteriological agents in respiratory infections of calves and the
optimization of a diagnostic protocol to identify Arcanobacterium
haemolyticum. Lesions of lungs from calves with pneumonia were examined.
Cultural, morphological and conventional biochemical testing were done. The
investigation was complemented by the double CAMP test. Five strains of
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in pure culture were found. The presence of
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in the lungs of calves with pneumonia was
established and, consequently, more attention should be paid to this species
in everyday laboratory work. The cultural similarity of Arcanobacterium
haemolyticum to common bacteria like beta-hemolytic Streptococcus spp. and
Arcanobacterium pyogenes is probably responsible for rare reports on the
isolation of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in veterinary microbiology. Our
results indicate that Arcanobacterium haemolyticum could be or is the
etiological agent of pneumonia. Therefore, we suggest the diagnostic protocol
available for routine work in most microbiological laboratories. [Projekat
Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 41012]
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