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Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 15(6): 511-513, 2011. Redacted 2017.
Treatment of
subacute enterotoxemia type D in a lamb
Panagiotis D. Katsoulos DVM.
PhD, Anna Dedousi DVM, PhD:
Clinic of Farm
Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
and Dedousi's Veterinary Clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece
ABSTRACT
Katsoulos PD, Dedousi
A., Successful treatment of subacute enterotoxemia
type D in a lamb, Onl J Vet Res., 15(6): 511-513,
2011. Treatment of
a case of subacute enterotoxemia type D in a lamb is
described. A 45 day old unvaccinated Chios lamb was admitted to our private
practice because of neurological signs that appeared 2 hours previously. The
lamb was in lateral recumbence, blind with bilateral dorsomedial strabismus,
had opisthotonous and episodes of paddling movements
when stimulated. Final diagnosis was based on clinical findings and the
necropsy results of two recently dead animals of the herd with the same
symptoms. The lamb was successfully treated with dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg i.v.), thiamin (10 mg/kg i.m.)
and enrofloxacin (5 mg/kg i.m.).
The neurological signs were completely resolved within two hours after
treatment. The administration of enrofloxacin was
repeated the next two days at the same dose.