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Tyzzer's disease, distemper, and mycotic pneumonia were diagnosed at necropsy of a 6-week-old mixed breed pup. The illness was characterized by lethargy, poor appetite, dysentery, and convulsions, the latter developing just prior to death. The necropsy findings included pale, dilated large intestine and swollen, dark liver. Histologically, multifocal hepatic necrosis, similar to that of Tyzzer's disease in other species of animals, was observed. Bacillus piliformis was found in hepatocytes and necrotic areas of the liver.
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PMID:Naturally occurring Tyzzer's disease as a complication of distemper and mycotic pneumonia in a dog. 95 24

Comparative investigations of Sendai virus, pneumonia virus of mice (PVM), mouse encephalomyelitis virus (mouse polio), minute virus of mice (MVM), and reovirus type 3 (Reo 3) infected murine colonies revealed a 30% higher incidence of positive sera when enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was employed instead of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests. Equivalent sensitivity as in the ELISA was obtained when the same sera were investigated by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) tests. The virus purification techniques described resulted in highly suitable antigens for all indirect ELISA established. Since IIF requires no purified antigens, this test is recommended as an alternative to ELISA as well as to HI and complement fixation (CF) tests for laboratories lacking the necessary equipment for high speed centrifugation. A high incidence of false positive HI reactions was found particularly in Reo 3 routine serology. An updated survey of seromonitoring showed that European murine colonies appeared to be infected far less with Reo 3 if ELISA or IIF tests were employed. During 1982-1984, only 13% of the mouse colonies screened possessed Reo 3 positive sera whereas no natural Reo 3 infection was found in rat colonies. Mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) and the coronaviruses of rats exhibited the highest incidence in murine colonies. A total of 60% of mouse and 41% of rat colonies were found to be infected by these viruses. In comparison with earlier serological surveys, the relative incidence of other murine infections was similar. Antibodies against Bacillus piliformis (Tyzzer's disease) were detected by the IIF test in 41% of the rat colonies screened.
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PMID:Diagnosis of murine infections in relation to test methods employed. 301 10

Thirteen adult rabbits and 15 weanling rabbits exhibiting signs of diarrhea were subjected to pathological and bacteriological examination. The lesions in 11 of the adult rabbits consisted of a cecocolitis that was characterized by edema of the gut wall, necrosis of the mucosa, and serosal hemorrhages. Also, five of these 11 rabbits exhibited liver lesions consistent with Tyzzer's disease. Lesions in the weanling rabbits were minimal with only two animals exhibiting focal necrosis of the mucosa and one animal exibiting necrosis of the mesenteric lymph nodes. All animals of each age group exhibited pneumonitis. Escherichia coli was present in high numbers (approximately 10(12) organisms per g dry wt contents) in the cecum of eight of 13 adult and 12 of 15 weanling rabbits. Thirteen of these isolates were serotype O128:B12. Preliminary attempts to reproduce the disease in young adult rabbits by a series of per os inoculations of an isolate of E. coli (serotype O128:B12) plus intramuscular inoculation of prednisone resulted in the induction of diarrhea in two of four rabbits. The gross and histological lesions in these two animals were similar to those of the spontaneously occurring cases, consisting of edema of the cecal wall, necrosis of the mucosa, and serosal hemorrhages. Numerous white spots of focal necrosis occurred in the liver. No intracellular organisms resembling Tyzzer's disease agent were evident in any sections examined. Inoculation of either E. coli or prednisone alone did not induce diarrhea. Subsequent attempts to reproduce the disease by these methods were unsuccessful. In spite of this inability to repeat the experimental results, it was felt that this study indicated a possible role of E. coli in rabbit diarrhea, either as an etiological agent or as a secondary invader.
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PMID:An epizootic of diarrhea in a rabbit colony. Pathology and bacteriology. 427 Apr 39

The authors have explored the suitability of the Mongolian gerbil as a model in aging research and reviewed data on major factors in gerbil morbidity and mortality. The gerbil is a semi-desert rodent, introduced relatively recently into biomedical research. It is moderately prolific, has a maximum survival of about 208 weeks and is easily maintained. Maternal neglect, fighting and epidemic diseases (Tyzzer's disease, salmonellosis, pneumonia) are potential causes of mortality in gerbil colonies. Obese or breeding gerbils may exhibit hyperadrenocorticism, diabetes, non-lipoid arteriosclerosis and secondary lesions in several organs. There is a high prevalence of spontaneous neoplasms in aged gerbils, especially tumors of the adrenal cortex, ovary and skin. The gerbil is a useful model of experimentally-induced stroke, but has proven unsuitable for studies of cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis. The normal and pathological anatomy of periodontal disease in the gerbil is similar in many respects to that of man.
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PMID:The Mongolian gerbil in aging research. 739 11

Naturally occurring Clostridium piliforme infection (Tyzzer's disease) was found in a calf. Light microscopic examination revealed multifocal coagulative necrosis in the liver, catarrhal gastroenteritis, tracheitis and pneumonia, and thymic atrophy. Warthin-Starry staining clearly showed large filamentous bacilli in bundles or criss-cross patterns within the hepatocytes and epithelium and smooth muscle cells of the ileum and cecum. Immunohistochemistry using anti-C. piliforme RT and MSK strain antisera showed positive reaction against the bacilli. Electron microscopic examination revealed bacilli within the hepatocytes that demonstrated a characteristic vegetative form, with peritrichous flagella, and spores. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) study using the paraffin-embedded liver sections, the 196-bp DNA fragment specific to 16S ribosomal RNA of C. piliforme was amplified. The characteristics of these bacilli are consistent with those of of C. piliforme. The PCR technique using paraffin-embedded sections should be useful for confirming C. piliforme infection in spontaneous cases.
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PMID:Naturally occurring Tyzzer's disease in a calf. 1033 34

A 1-month-old Domestic Shorthair kitten was submitted for autopsy, with a history of upper respiratory tract infection and diarrhea. This was the third kitten from the same litter that had died with similar clinical findings within a period of 1 month. Severe conjunctivitis, rhinitis, tracheitis, and bronchointerstitial pneumonia were present, together with lymphohistiocytic colitis. Respiratory lesions were caused by infection with Felid herpesvirus 1. Colonic lesions were associated with the presence of long filamentous bacteria, identified as Clostridium piliforme, in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. Our report describes a case of concurrent C. piliforme infection (Tyzzer's disease) and feline rhinotracheitis in a kitten.
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PMID:Coinfection with Clostridium piliforme and Felid herpesvirus 1 in a kitten. 2617 3