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Histopathological and molecular characterization of encephalitic listeriosis in small ruminants from northern Paraná, Brazil.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Jan 2013
Headley Selwyn Arlington, Bodnar Lívia, Fritzen Juliana T T, Bronkhorst Dalton Evert, Alfieri Alice Fernandes, Okano Werner, Alfieri Amauri Alcindo
Abstract excerpt
Listeriosis is a disease primarily of ruminants caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Ruminants either demonstrate manifestations of the encephalitic, septicemic, or reproductive form of listeriosis. The pathological and molecular findings with encephalitic listeriosis in a 5.5-month-old, male, mixed-breed goat and a 3-year-old Texel-crossed sheep from northern Paraná, Brazil are...
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