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Abstract
The material along the present study comprised 247 (156 female and 91 male) buffaloes with tentative diagnosis of oedematous skin disease. The study was conducted over a period of five years (from January 2002 to December 2006). The affected animals ranged in age between six to 48 months. The skin lesions in affected buffaloes were either closed (67.2%) or open (32.8%). Closed lesions (non- suppurative forms) were regional oedema (38.9%), subcutaneous nodules (24.3%) or granulating overgrowth (4.1%). Open lesions were acute (19.0%), sub-acute (7.7%) or chronic (6.0%) suppurative forms. C. ovis was a constant finding in 85.8% of the examined samples either alone (59.1%) or in combination with Staph. aures (25.5%) or with Strept. pyogen (1.2%). Treatment trials using four different regimens were performed. The last group, treated by combination of systemic anti-inflammatory, anthelmentic and antibiotics showed the highest response (79.7%). The effect of the exotoxine of C. pseudotuberculosis indicates that further researches for production of toxoid are essential for prevention of the disease.