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Case Reports
. 2015 Nov-Dec;29(6):1735-8.
doi: 10.1111/jvim.13644. Epub 2015 Oct 16.

Naturally Occurring Ehrlichia ewingii and Mycoplasma sp. Co-Infection in a Goat

K Meichner  1 , B A Qurollo  2 , K L Anderson  1 , C B Grindem  1 , M Savage  3 , E B Breitschwerdt  2
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Naturally Occurring Ehrlichia ewingii and Mycoplasma sp. Co-Infection in a Goat

K Meichner et al. J Vet Intern Med. 2015 Nov-Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Caprine; Ehrlichiosis; Tick-borne disease.

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Figure 1
Craniocaudal (A) and lateral (B) radiographs of the right humerus of a 9‐year‐old female Boer goat presenting with nonweight bearing lameness. Radiographs show an oblique fracture of the proximal humeral diaphysis that is associated with marked soft tissue swelling. Very mild rounding and blunting of the fracture margins (arrows) without evidence of callus formation are consistent with a fracture of at least 7–10 days duration.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Blood smear from a 9‐year‐old female Boer goat. Mildly decreased RBC density, moderate anisocytosis, and mild macrocytosis indicate mild, likely regenerative anemia. The segmented neutrophil in the center (insert with higher magnification) contains a tightly packed, basophilic granular cluster of organisms (morula) in the cytoplasm, which was identified as Ehrlichia ewingii by polymerase chain reaction. No other etiologic agents are observed. Wright–Giemsa stain; bar = 10 μm; large image: 1,000× magnification field.
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