Publications by authors named "M F Etievant"
Goose haemorrhagic polyomavirus (GHPV) is the viral agent of haemorrhagic nephritis enteritis of geese, a lethal disease of goslings. It was recently shown that GHPV can also be detected in Muscovy and mule ducks. The goal of the present study was to investigate the pathobiology of GHPV in ducks.
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- An 18-month-old neutered male cat in France was presented with symptoms like poor appetite and vomiting, along with enlarged lymph nodes diagnosed with granulomatous inflammation suggesting a mycobacterial infection.
- Tests confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium avium, leading to treatment with antibiotics including marbofloxacin and rifampicin, which initially improved the cat's condition.
- Unfortunately, the cat died two months later due to complications from potential antibiotic resistance and severe necrotic lesions found during necropsy.
This report describes a nosocomial outbreak of feline calicivirus (FCV) associated virulent systemic disease (VSD) in a French veterinary teaching hospital in 2005. The outbreak started in March and resolved within 1 month. Signs, clinical course, clinicopathological findings and lesions were typical of FCV-induced VSD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVery limited information is available on epizootiology of haematozoan infections in French domestic animals. In an attempt to address this issue, prevalence of piroplasmida was studied in carnivores and ruminants, whereas prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. was only investigated in carnivores.
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