Risk factors associated with outcome in goats with encephalitic listeriosis: A retrospective study of 36 cases from 2008 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There exists a scarcity of information on risk factors associated with case outcomes in goats diagnosed with encephalitic listeriosis.

Objective

Evaluate risk factors associated with outcomes in 36 cases of suspected encephalitic listeriosis in goats presented to a referral hospital.

Animals

Thirty-six goats (26 does, 7 bucks, and 3 wethers) were presented to Auburn University Large Animal Teaching Hospital between 2008 and 2021 for treatment of neurologic disease diagnosed as encephalitic listeriosis based on any combination of clinical signs, cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) analysis, or postmortem examination.

Methods

Retrospective study. Data were analyzed as binary and under a proportional odds model. The medical records were searched for presumptive

SUBMITTER: Kennedy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229332 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature