dc.contributor.author | David, Ndeereh | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-21T07:43:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-21T07:43:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | University of Nairobi College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 8th Biennial Scientific Conference and The 46th Kenya Veterinary Association Annual Scientific Conference and The 12th World Veterinary Day Celebrations | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73186 | |
dc.description.abstract | Nine eastern black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis michaeli) developed clinical clostridial
enterotoxaemia between May and July 2010 in the Pyramid Black Rhino Sanctuary within the Ol Jogi
Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya. The rhinos presented with a peracute syndrome characterised by severe
abdominal pain manifested by struggling and rolling on the ground, laboured breathing and died within
three hours after being sighted sick. Necropsy and histopathology revealed severe pathology in the
gastro-intestinal tract (GIT). Grossly, the small and large intestines were congested and oedematous.
All the rhinos had variable amounts of hemorrhagic fluid in the intestines. Microscopically, the most
characteristic lesion was severe necrotising-haemorrhagic enteritis. Numerous gram-positive rodshaped
bacterial colonies that were identified to be Clostridium spp were occasionally seen in the
intestinal mucosa. Clostridium perfringens type A was isolated from the stomach contents.
C. perfringens was postulated as the aetiological agent with the infection triggered probably by change
of habitat following a prolonged period of drought that was followed by above normal rainfall. | en_US |
dc.title | Unusual mortalities of eastern black rhinoceros (diceros bicornis michaeli) due to clostridial enterotoxaemia in Ol Jogi pyramid sanctuary, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |