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Table 1 Positive bacteriological findings of the routine exam on blood agar for abortion cases

From: Isolation of Arcobacter species and other neglected opportunistic agents from aborted bovine and caprine fetuses

Animal species

Necropsy

Bacteriology

Caprine

No Visible Lesion

Staphylococcus equorum, Aerococcus viridans

Caprine

No Visible Lesion

Staphylococcus equorum, Aerococcus viridans

Caprine

No Visible Lesion

Staphylococcus equorum

Bovine

Congenital goiter and heart defect

Acinetobacter lwoffii, Staphylococcus sciuri, Staphylococcus lentus, Escherichia coli

Bovine

Gelatinous subcutaneous oedema, hepatomegaly

Trueperella pyogenes

Bovine

Generalized oedema

Escherichia coli, Streptococcus alactolyticus

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Streptococcus suis

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Escherichia coli

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Escherichia coli

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Corynebacterium spp., Staphylococcus lentus, Pseudomonas spp.

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Streptococcus uberis

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Bacillus cereus, Burkholderia cepacia

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Escherichia coli

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Pseudomonas spp.

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Aerococcus viridans, weeksella viros/ Bergeyella zoohelcum

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Pantoea ananatis

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Acinetobacter lwoffii, Corynebacterium glutamicum

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Nocardia spp., Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Escherichia coli

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Enteroccus faecium

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Acinetobacter lwoffii, Streptococcus spp.

Bovine

No Visible Lesion

Escherichia coli

  1. Abortion cases with positive bacteriological findings on the routine exam on blood agar with description of the observed anatomopathological lesions, animal species and bacterial species isolated