Myocarditis associated with foot-and-mouth disease in suckling calves Miokarditis vezan uz slinavku i šap u sisajuće teladi

AKTAŞ M. S., ÖZKANLAR Y., Oruc E., SÖZDUTMAZ İ., KIRBAŞ A.

Veterinarski Arhiv, cilt.85, sa.3, ss.273-282, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 85 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Dergi Adı: Veterinarski Arhiv
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.273-282
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Foot and mouth diseases, Myocarditis, Suckling calves
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) can lead to myocarditis in young animals, but the age distributions of calves with myocarditis have not been described, nor the biochemical profi le in these calves. In an area endemic with foot-and-mouth disease, calves less than 6 months of age in infected farms were examined for clinical lesions and abnormalities in respiratory rate, heart rate and heart rhythm. In total, 53 calves were identifi ed to be suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease infection. In 6 calves myocarditis was suspected based on tachypnea, tachycardia and gallop rhythm. In these 6 calves, cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were signifi cantly higher (P<0.0001), but the levels of Creatinine Kinase MB (CK-MB) and Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were not. These 6 calves died within 2 days and histopathology confi rmed myocarditis. All calves with myocarditis were younger than 2-months old, suggesting that myocarditis caused by FMD is mainly found in very young suckling calves.