ovine epididymitis: brucella ovis
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Ovine Epididymitis: Brucella ovis. Overview. Organism History Epidemiology Transmission Disease in Animals Prevention and Control Actions to Take. The Organism. The Organism. Brucella ovis Gram negative coccobacillus Facultative intracellular pathogen - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ovine Epididymitis:Brucella ovis
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Overview
• Organism• History• Epidemiology• Transmission• Disease in Animals• Prevention and Control• Actions to Take
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THE ORGANISM
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The Organism
• Brucella ovis– Gram negative
coccobacillus– Facultative
intracellular pathogen
• Persists in the environment
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The Many Names of Brucellosis
Human Disease• Malta Fever• Undulant Fever• Mediterranean
Fever• Rock Fever of
Gibraltar• Gastric Fever
Animal Disease• Bang’s Disease• Enzootic Abortion• Epizootic Abortion• Slinking of Calves• Ram Epididymitis• Contagious
Abortion
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HISTORY
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History of Brucellosis
• Early 1800s– Sir William Burnett differentiates fevers
affecting seamen in the Mediterranean
• Late 1880s– Sir David Bruce isolates the cause of
Malta fever, Micrococcus melitensis– Dr. Bernhard Band discovers cause of
cattle abortion in Denmark, Bacterium abortus (“Bang’s disease”)
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History of B. ovis
• First described in the 1950s in New Zealand and Australia– Aborting ewes– Epididymitis
• Initially considered a mutant of Brucella melitensis
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Geographic Distribution
• Most sheep-raising regions−Australia−New Zealand−North America−South America−South Africa−Many European countries
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Species Affected
• Natural infection– Sheep– Farmed red deer
• Experimental infection– Goats– Cattle
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TRANSMISSION
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Transmission
• Transmission in sheep– Venereal transmission
• Ewes act as mechanical vectors
– Direct contact• Ram-to-ram
– Fomite spread
• Red deer– Venereal, nasal, direct contact
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DISEASE IN HUMANS
B. ovis does not infect humans.
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DISEASE IN ANIMALS
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Clinical Signs
• Incubation period: 3 to 8 weeks• Reproductive signs
– Epididymitis, orchitis,impaired fertility
– Abortion, placentitis, weak lambs
• Systemic signs rare in adult sheep
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Post Mortem Lesions
• Lesions found primarily in rams– Epididymis– Tunica vaginalis– Testis
• Lesions found in ewes– Placentitis
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Morbidity and Mortality
• Rams– 30 to 50% of infected rams have
palpable lesions of the epididymis– Effect on sperm quality varies
• Ewes– Abortion relatively rare
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Differential Diagnosis
• Causes of epididymitis and orchitis– Actinobacillus seminis– A. actinomycetemcomitans– Histophilus ovis– Haemophilus spp.– Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
ovis– Chlamydophila abortus– B. melitensis
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Sample Collection
• Rams– Semen, inguinal lymph
nodes, seminal vesicles, epididymis
• Ewes– Vaginal swabs, milk,
iliac lymph nodes, uterus
• Aborted lambs– Stomach and lungs
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Laboratory Diagnosis
• Microscopic examination• Culture and identification
– Phage typing– Biochemical and serological
characteristics
• PFGE, PCR• Serology
– ELISA, AGID, complement fixation
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PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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Recommended Actions
• Notification of authorities– Federal Area Veterinarian in Charge
(AVIC)http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/
area_offices/
– State veterinarianhttp://www.aphis.usda.gov/
emergency_response/downloads/nahems/fad.pdf
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Prevention and Control
• Examine, test, cull• Vaccine available in some areas
– Vaccination not practiced in the U.S.
• Treatment– Antibiotics– Not usually economically feasible
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Prevention and Control
• Readily killed by most disinfectants– Hypochlorite– 70% ethanol– Isopropanol– Iodophores– Phenolics– Formaldehyde/glutaraldehyde
• Quaternary ammonium compounds not recommended
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Additional Resources
• Center for Food Security and Public Health– www.cfsph.iastate.edu
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Acknowledgments
Development of this presentation was made possible through grants provided to
the Center for Food Security and Public Health at Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division, and the
Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture.
Authors: Kerry Leedom Larson, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM; Anna Rovid Spickler, DVM, PhD; Sarah Viera, MPHReviewer: Glenda Dvorak, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
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