Outbreaks of tetanus in beef cattle and sheep in Brazil associated with disophenol injection

J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2007 Aug;54(6):333-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2007.00922.x.

Abstract

Outbreaks of tetanus, in which 297 beef cattle and 50 sheep were affected and died, were associated with the injection of a Clostridium tetani-contaminated anthelmintic (disophenol). The disease was observed on five farms in Rio Grande Sul, Brazil.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / etiology
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
  • Equipment Contamination*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Nitrophenols / adverse effects
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Sheep Diseases / etiology
  • Tetanus / epidemiology
  • Tetanus / etiology
  • Tetanus / veterinary*
  • Vaccines / adverse effects

Substances

  • Nitrophenols
  • Vaccines
  • disophenol