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Isolation and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infections with Involvement of Multiple Organs in Lambs |
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Amit Kumar,
Amit Kumar Verma,
Arvind Kumar Sharma and Anu Rahal |
Abstract:
Respiratory diseases particularly lamb pneumonia is a multifactorial
disease involving the interaction between host, etiological agent and environment.
The present study was carried out to determine the causative agent of an outbreak
of pneumonia in a sheep flock and to establish its pathogenicity and public
health importance. The incidence occurred in sheep unit at Madhurikund farm
of University (DUVASU), Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. At the time of incidence,
the population of sheep at the farm was 90. Affected animals were clinically
examined and nasal swabs and blood samples were collected from live animals,
while morbid materials were collected from dead animals after postmortem examination.
The etiological agent was isolated and characterized with conventional microbiological
and biochemical methods. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the bacteria isolated
from blood, different organs and cerebrospinal fluid. The antibiotic sensitivity
revealed resistant to multiple drugs viz., penicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin,
chloramphenicol, enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. Pathological examination revealed
multiple involvements of organs with different degrees of inflammation and haemorrhages
of the lower respiratory tract, lungs, liver, heart and kidney. Further, its
pathogenicity was established by histopathological examination. In conclusion,
presence of multi drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in weaning
lambs with the involvement of multiple organs appears to be an emerging zoonotic
threat to human particularly in shepherds. This seems to be the first report
of isolation of multi drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae from outbreak
in lambs with multiple organ involvement in India.
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How to cite this article:
Amit Kumar, Amit Kumar Verma, Arvind Kumar Sharma and Anu Rahal, 2013. Isolation and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infections with Involvement of Multiple Organs in Lambs. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 16: 2021-2025.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.2021.2025
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2013.2021.2025
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