Abstract
Intramammary inoculation of goats withAspergillus fumigatus spores resulted in the development of mastitis with characteristic gross and microscopic lesions. The mastitis and the lesions were restricted to the infected udder halves only and there was no dissemination of infection to other tissues of the body. The experiment was continued for 45 days. Gross changes in the infected udder were observed up to the 45th day post-infection. The lesions, in general, included variable sized abscesses in the first 15 days followed by development of varying sized greyish-white nodules in the infected udders. Microscopic changes consisted of granulomatous reaction with well developed granulomas in the infected udders. Hyphae and spores ofAspergillus fumigatus could be demonstrated in sections of the infected udders up to 45 days after infection. Reisolation of the fungus consistently was achieved up to 45 days. It is concluded that intramammary inoculation ofAspergillus fumigatus spores in goats leads to chronic granulomatous mastitis.
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Mandal, P.C., Gupta, P.P. Sequential pathological studies in the udder of goats intramammarily infected withAspergillus fumigatus . Mycopathologia 126, 9–14 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01371167
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