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ArticleJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc2023

Utility of postmortem bacterial culture of abdominal organs at autopsy of young calves.

Kaitlin Witherell, Laura White, Lisa Shaw, Letizia Tomassini, Chrissy Eckstrand, Danielle Nelson, Craig S McConnel, Claire R Burbick

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Article in Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kaitlin WitherellWashington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Laura WhiteWashington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Lisa ShawVeterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Letizia TomassiniVeterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Chrissy EckstrandWashington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6844-0251
Danielle NelsonWashington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Craig S McConnelVeterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Claire R BurbickWashington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4185-7775

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postmortem bacterial culture is controversial in human medicine, and veterinary-specific research in this area is lacking. To address this knowledge gap, we cultured liver, kidney, and spleen individually from on-farm calf mortalities to determine the number of bacterial species present, concordance between organ cultures, and agreement with gross and histologic findings. We hypothesized that the spleen, a filtering organ, would be the most useful organ with the least amount of postmortem contamination given that it does not have a direct conduit to a bacterial population. Fresh liver, kidney, and spleen were collected for culture from 30 calves 5-28-d-old with various causes of mortality. Bacterial growth of ≥2 species was observed in ~48% of cultures, with

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Escherichia coliSpleenAnimalsAutopsyCattleHumansKidneyLiverautopsybacteriacalveslaboratory testingmicrobiologypostmortemsepsis

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PMID36772787
PMCPMC9999389

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