A case report: Actinobaculum suis infection associated with formation of pyogranuloma, epididymitis and azoospermia in a boar

A case report: Actinobaculum suis infection associated with formation of pyogranuloma, epididymitis and azoospermia in a boar

Abstract Background Actinobaculum suis is a bacterium known to cause infections of the urogenital tract of sows. Infection can occur through close contact to boars, who frequently carry the pathogen in their preputial diverticulum but do not become clinically diseased themselves. In the current case...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Arnold, Olivia Richard, Corinne Gurtner, Heiko Nathues, Alexander Grahofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Testis
Andrology
Return to oestrus
Pig
Swine
Reproduction
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02680-1

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