Research Article
Clinical and Pathological Changes in Rams Experimentally Infected with Actinobacillus seminis and Histophilus somni
Table 2
Frequency (%) of gross changes in rams experimentally infected with Actinobacillus seminis or Histophilus somni.
| | Macroscopic changes in infected sheep () | Actinobacillus seminis | Histophilus somni |
| | Abscess in the left epididymis tail | 50% | 50% | | Abscess in the left epididymis body | 20% | 40% | | Abscess in the right epididymis tail | 10% | 0% | | Scrotal swelling | 10% | 0% | | Fibrin in the pampiniform plexus | 0% | 30% | | Fibrinous periorchitis | 20% | 30% | | Hemorrhage adjacent left epididymis tail | 20% | 10% | | Tunica vaginalis thickening with fibrous adhesion | 40% | 60% | | Hypotrophy left testis | 50% | 10% | | Increase in volume of vesicular glands | 30% | 0% | | Increase in volume of the left urethral bulb | 10% | 10% | | Inguinal lymphadenomegaly | 60% | 20% | | Iliac lymphadenomegaly | 50% | 20% |
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