Pathology of vegetative valvular endocarditis associated with β-haemolytic Streptococci in pigs Das T.1,*, Pathak M.2, Chavan A.S.2, Rani H.B. Vidya2, Dubal Z.B.2, Das N.K.3, John J.K.2, Sethi M.2, Saikumar G.2 1ICAR-DFMD, Aragul, Bhubaneswar 2ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243 122, India 3BVO, FARD, Government of Odisha, India *Address for Correspondence: Dr Tareni Das, Scientist, ICAR-NIFMD, Aragul, Bhubaneswar-752 050, India, E-mail: tarenisahoo@gmail.com
Online Published on 20 June, 2023. Abstract One adult and one two-months old crossbred female pig carcasses were submitted to the post mortem facility, division of pathology, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh for diagnosis. The postmortem examination revealed presence of vegetative masses in the mitral and aortic valves of young piglet and in tricuspid valve of adult pig. Bacteriological examination of heart blood revealed presence of β-hemolytic Streptococci. Histopathologically, pulmonary oedema, bronchopneumonia, myocardial necrosis, vegetative endocarditis, hepatocellular necrosis, nephritis, lymphoid depletion, ischemic necrosis of neurons etc. were observed. Top Keywords Beta-haemolytic Streptococci, Pathology, Pig, Vegetative endocarditis. Top |