Encephalitic listeriosis in sheep at Kafrelsheikh Governorate : diagnostic and therapeutic study

Abstract EN

Encephalitic listeriosis in sheep has been investigated in Kafrelsheikh governorate to confirm its existence as well as evaluation of some treatment trials.

In this study, 1940 sheep were examined between November, 2013 and October, 2014.

The clinical signs were ranged from a mild, stage I, with good prognosis to severe terminating by death, stage III, exhibiting flaccid paralysis, hemiplagia and tetraplagia.

Listeriosis was confirmed by bacterial isolation and identification of the causative agent, histopathological examination and PCR.

Treatment trials showed that early intervention with prolonged course of antimicrobial which pass the blood-brain barrier was successful in curing the diseased animals except those in stage III of the disease.

Also, it is important to use ancillary treatment which composed of vitamin B complex and anti-inflammatory, besides changing feeding regime.