Outbreaks of tetanus in beef cattle and sheep in Brazil associated with disophenol injection.

Abstract

Outbreaks of tetanus, in which 297 beef cattle and 50 sheep were affected and died, were associated with the injection of a Clostridium tetani-contaminated anthelmintic (disophenol). The disease was observed on five farms in Rio Grande Sul, Brazil.

• Authors: D Driemeier, A L Schild, J C T Fernandes, E M Colodel, A M R Corrêa, C E F Cruz, C S L Barros
• Journal: Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine (J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med) Vol. 54 Issue 6 Pg. 333-5 (Aug 2007) ISSN: 0931-184X [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17650154 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Nitrophenols
• Vaccines
• disophenol

Topics

• Animals
• Brazil (epidemiology)
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases (epidemiology, etiology)
• Disease Outbreaks (veterinary)
• Equipment Contamination
• Female
• Male
• Nitrophenols (adverse effects)
• Sheep
• Sheep Diseases (epidemiology, etiology)
• Tetanus (epidemiology, etiology, veterinary)
• Vaccines (adverse effects)