ACUTE POLYARTHRITIS IN A FOAL DUE TO MIXED BACTERIAL INFECTION

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Depts. Of Microbiology & Animal Hygiene & Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University

Abstract

A case of acute polyartheritis in a foal was comp < /strong>letely investigated bacteriologic ally, clinically, and haematologically. Streptococcus p < /strong>neumoniae & Corynebecterium equi were found to be the causative agen ts. They were highly resistance to penicillin & erythromycin. Serum protein showed a high level with hyp < /strong>oalbuminaemia. There was disorders in the blood picture.