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Vet Pathol 45:352-354 (2008)
© 2008 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND CASE REPORTS

Cutaneous and Nasal Protothecosis in a Goat

J. T. S. A. Macedo, F. Riet-Correa, A. F. M. Dantas and S. V. D. Simões

Abstract

A case of protothecosis is reported in an adult goat with inspiratory dyspnea and stertor. Dermatitis with prominent ulcerated nodules up to 3 cm in diameter was observed in the muzzle at the mucocutaneous junctions of nasal and lip skin, and in the border of the pinna. Histologic lesions were necrotizing pyogranulomatous dermatitis and rhinitis with myriads of walled sporangia, characteristic of Prototheca wickerhamii. This seems to be the first report of protothecosis in a goat.

Key words: Goats; Prototheca wickerhamii; protothecosis; semiarid rangeland.

Request reprints from Franklin Riet-Correa, Hospital Veterinário, CSTR, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus de Patos, Patos, Paraíba, 58700-000 (Brazil). E-mail: franklin.riet{at}pq.cnpq.br






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