TY - JOUR ID - 2683 TI - Abattoir survey of bovine pyelonephritis JO - Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research JA - IJVR LA - en SN - 1728-1997 AU - Karimi, I. AU - Shahgholian, M. AU - Ebrahimi, A. AU - Mahzounieh, M. R. AD - Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran AD - Graduated from School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran Y1 - 2006 PY - 2006 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 59 EP - 61 KW - Pyelonephritis KW - Cattle KW - Abattoir DO - 10.22099/ijvr.2006.2683 N2 - In order to investigate the prevalence and detection of etiological agents of pyelonephritis in Shahrekordabattoir, 404 kidneys of slaughtered cattle (207 female and 197 male) were inspected. Kidney samples, whichhad gross changes were obtained for histological examination. Urine and renal tissue samples were alsocollected aseptically for microbiological examination. In histological examination pyelonephritis wereobserved in 3 cases (0.74%), one of which occurred in a 7-year-old cow and the others in bulls less than 2-year-old. In microbiological examination E. coli was isolated from urine and renal tissues in 2 cases andStaphylococcus aureus isolated only from renal tissue in the other case. UR - https://ijvr.shirazu.ac.ir/article_2683.html L1 - https://ijvr.shirazu.ac.ir/article_2683_39a0dd9ad22863e74d231eb2158c14d3.pdf ER -