Bacteriological and Histopathological Evaluation of Articulations of Chickens Diagnosed with Arthritis

Marcon, AV; Oliveira, GF De; Caldara, Fabiana Ribeiro; Garcia, Rodrigo Garófallo; Matins, RA; Crone, Carla; Assunción, Asa

doi:10.1590/1806-9061-2018-0805

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“…The most frequent samples of mixed infections were S. aureus and CNS with a percentage 23.9% followed by S. aureus and Salmonella with a percentage 13%. The obtained results were similar to those reported in South Africa, [3], Brazil [1], and the USA [23].…”

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“…Arthritis is a worldwide welfare issue in poultry production especially turkeys, caused by many bacterial pathogens [1].The most common form of infection involves tenosynovitis (inflammation of tendon sheaths) and arthritis of the hock and stifle joints [2]. The affected joints, usually the hocks, are hot, swollen and painful and affected birds are usually depressed, lameness and reluctant to walk-in tenosynovitis, synovial membranes of tendon sheaths become thickened and edematous, with fibrinous exudate within and around the tendon sheaths leading to reduction of productivity, besides representing a sanitary problem [3].…”

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Evaluation of turkey arthritis syndrome by traditional and advanced diagnostic techniques

Mowafy

Eldeen

2020

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

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To detect possible causes of arthritis in turkey flocks with emphasis on molecular detection of bacterial pathogens and estimation of their pathology pattern. Design: Descriptive study Procedure: A total of 100 arthritic legs from 125 French turkey birds were collected from different farms in Sharkia Governorate. Specimens from joint capsule, tendons, and synovial fluid of leg joints were subjected to bacteriological and direct PCR examinations. Moreover, skin, cartilage of articular surface and epiphysis were undergone pathological examination. Blood samples were collected before scarification for both hematological and biochemical examinations. Results: Forty percent (40%) bacterial incidence rate including Staphylococcus spp., E. coli, Salmonella spp., Klebsiella spp., and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were recorded. Molecular detection of these pathogens revealed rapid and more accurate results of 46%. A high prevalence of multidrug resistance was detected, but all isolates were susceptible to amikacin and florfenicol. Genotyping of isolates revealed the presence of strong virulence markers. Postmortem examinations revealed joints swelling, hyperkeratosis, erosions,and/or ulcerations. Further investigations on positive infected samples revealed a significant decrease in RBCs, Hb, PCV %, lymphocytes, total protein, and albumin (P<0.05). However, there was a significant increase in total leukocytic count and heterophile, CRP, ALT, AST, uric acid, creatinine, and total globulin (P<0.05). Epidermal leukocytic cells infiltrations, tendonitis, synovium fibrosis, erosions, and/or ulcerations of articular cartilage were recorded. Conclusion: Turkey arthritis is a serious problem facing turkey flocks in Egypt. Multiplex real-time PCR assay offered an effective alternative to traditional typing methods for the identification of the etiological agents involved in the infectious arthritis in turkey.

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Evaluation of turkey arthritis syndrome by traditional and advanced diagnostic techniques

Mowafy

Eldeen

2020

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

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“…S. aureus is also a leading cause of different infections in humans that range from minor skin infections to life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, and sepsis [2,4,5]. In farm animals, S. aureus causes mastitis in dairy animals [6,7] and septic arthritis in chickens [8], resulting in economic losses due to mortality and reduced production [9]. The pathogenicity of S. aureus is influenced by two important features: its ability to resist more than three classes of antibiotics [10] and the capacity to produce several toxins [2,11].…”

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Occurrence of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Humans, Rodents, Chickens, and Household Soils in Karatu, Northern Tanzania

Sonola¹,

Misinzo

Matee

2021

IJERPH

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We conducted this study to investigate the isolation frequency and phenotypic antibiotic resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from rodents, chickens, humans, and household soils. Specimens were plated onto mannitol salt agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, UK) and incubated aerobically at 37 °C for 24 h. Presumptive colonies of S. aureus were subjected to Gram staining, as well as catalase, deoxyribonuclease (DNAse), and coagulase tests for identification. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by using the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method on Mueller–Hinton agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, UK). The antibiotics tested were tetracycline (30 μg), erythromycin (15 μg), gentamicin (10 μg), ciprofloxacin (5 μg), clindamycin (2 μg), and amoxicillin-clavulanate (20 μg/10 μg). The S. aureus strain American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 25,923 was used as the standard organism. We found that 483 out of 956 (50.2%) samples were positive for S. aureus. The isolation frequencies varied significantly between samples sources, being 52.1%, 66.5%, 74.3%, and 24.5%, respectively, in chickens, humans, rodents, and soil samples (p < 0.001). S. aureus isolates had high resistance against clindamycin (51.0%), erythromycin (50.9%), and tetracycline (62.5%). The overall prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) S. aureus isolates was 30.2%, with 8.7% resistant to at least four different classes of antibiotics.

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“…Septic arthritis is not an uncommon diagnosis in both exotic and domestic animals presenting with lameness (Amer et al., 2019 ; Baron et al., 2019 ; Harcourt‐Brown, 2002 ; Innes, 2016 ; Marcon et al., 2019 ; Mulon et al., 2016 ; Nairn, 1973 ). In birds, most diagnoses of this ailment are related to the extension of pododermatitis, traumatic events occurring near a joint or hematogenous spread of bacteria (Amer et al., 2019 ; Baron et al., 2019 ; Harcourt‐Brown, 2002 ; Knafo et al., 2019 ; Marcon et al., 2019 ; Nairn, 1973 ; Ratliff & Zaffarano, 2016 ; Youssef et al., 2019 ). There are few publications about the diagnosis and management of intertarsal septic arthritis in avian species, and none have been reported in an ostrich (Amer et al., 2019 ; Marcon et al., 2019 ; Nairn, 1973 ).…”

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Management of intertarsal septic arthritis in an ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Peel

Torres²,

Ivančić³

et al. 2021

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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A 7-year-old female ostrich (Struthio camelus) presented with lameness, left intertarsal joint swelling and a healing wound on the caudomedial aspect of the joint. Synovial culture revealed Corynebacterium species and radiographs were consistent with progressive septic arthritis. Multiple treatments were attempted including through-andthrough joint lavage, intra-articular antibiotics, caudomedial arthrotomy, and regional limb perfusion in conjunction with systemic antibiotics and analgesia. Euthanasia was ultimately performed due to prolonged recumbency and poor prognosis. This report describes novel therapies and a surgical approach utilized for treatment of intertarsal septic arthritis in an ostrich and exemplifies the poor prognosis described in other species presenting with non-responsive septic arthritis of critical joints.

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Bacteriological and Histopathological Evaluation of Articulations of Chickens Diagnosed with Arthritis

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Evaluation of turkey arthritis syndrome by traditional and advanced diagnostic techniques

Evaluation of turkey arthritis syndrome by traditional and advanced diagnostic techniques

Occurrence of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Humans, Rodents, Chickens, and Household Soils in Karatu, Northern Tanzania

Management of intertarsal septic arthritis in an ostrich (Struthio camelus)

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