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Mahmoud S El-Neweshy1,2, Julanda H Al Mawly3, Safaa H Aboollo4
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. mahmoud.neweshy@alexu.edu.eg.
Abstract:
This study was investigated the cause of death of two captive adult Arabian tahrs (Arabitragus jayakari) died within 2-3 days after onset of fever and neurologic signs in a private farm in northern Batinah Region of Oman. Blood counting revealed leukocytosis attributed to neutrophilia and serum chemistry showed hypoproteinemia, increased creatine kinase and BUN. Upon autopsy, the animals exhibited mild ascites and hydrothorax, prominent hydropericardium, with large pale-yellow clear fluid coagulum, prominent epicardial petechiation, as well as severe pulmonary edema associated with frothy fluid in airways. Brain edema with congestion of meningeal and parenchymal vessels was prominent. Histopathology revealed severe congestion and edema of both lung and brain as well as cardiac myopathy. Ehrlichia ruminantium colonies (the causative organism of cowdriosis; OIE-listed disease) were demonstrated in the capillary endothelium of fresh brain squash and lung macrophages. This is the first report of natural E. ruminantium infection in Arabian tahr, the highly endangered species, based on typical clinical signs of acute cowdriosis and demonstration of E. ruminantium colonies in the brain capillary endothelial cells.
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