Streptococcus pneumoniae septicaemia in an Angora goat kid

Authors: Herceg M, Buddle BM, Tisdall CJ, Tisdall DJ
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 34, Issue 9, pp 156-157, Sep 1986
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Goat, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Pathology, Sepsis/infection, Infectious disease, Disease/defect
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterium frequently associated with pneumonia in man, was isolated from the spleen, liver, lung and kidney of an Angora goat kid which had died suddenly. Signs of septicaemia were pronounced with widespread petechial haemorrhages on internal organs. Histologically, the spleen and liver were severely congested and necrotic changes were most marked in these organs. The goat kid had been reared as a household pet and the possibilitv that the goat kid had acquired the Str. pneumoniae from a human infection is discussed.

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