Isolation of Corynebacterium pilosum and Actinomyces pyogenes from cystitis and vulvovaginitis infection in a 2-month-old female calf

Zentralbl Veterinarmed B. 1999 Mar;46(2):127-30. doi: 10.1111/j.0931-1793.1999.00225.x.

Abstract

Cystitis and vulvovaginitits, due to Corynebacterium pilosum and Actinomyces pyogenes infection in a 2-month-old female calf, is described. The prominent clinical signs were urinary incontinence, adherence of triple phosphate crystals to the vulvar hair and ulceration on the vulva, the ventral side of the tail skin and the perineum. Only a mild inflammation of the bladder mucosa and submucosa was seen on histological examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomyces / isolation & purification*
  • Actinomycosis / diagnosis
  • Actinomycosis / veterinary*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology
  • Corynebacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Corynebacterium Infections / diagnosis
  • Corynebacterium Infections / veterinary*
  • Cystitis / microbiology
  • Cystitis / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Mucous Membrane / microbiology
  • Urinary Bladder / microbiology
  • Urinary Incontinence / etiology
  • Urinary Incontinence / veterinary
  • Vulvovaginitis / microbiology
  • Vulvovaginitis / veterinary*