2015: RETRACTION-NECROSIS OF THE SPERMATIC CORD, EPIDIDYMIS, AND TESTIS OF A FRIESIAN STALLION CAUSED BY SALMONELLA ABORTUS-EQUI. CLIN THERIO 2014;6:377.


Retraction—Necrosis of the spermatic cord, epididymis, and testis of a Friesian stallion caused by 
Salmonella abortus-equi 

 
 Bouchard AP, Prado TM, Schumacher J, Donnell RL: Necrosis of the spermatic cord, epididymis, 
and testis of a Friesian stallion caused bySalmonella abortus-equi [abstract]. Clin Therio 2014;6:377. 
 An issue raised by this report concerns the histological identification of S. abortus equi as the 
cause of suppurative orchitis and epididymitis in a stallion.  This histological diagnosis was not supported 
by the results of the bacteriologic culture of tissue, which established that the organism cultured was S. 
hartford,which belongs to the salmonella C1 serogroup.  S. abortus equi, on the other hand, is classified 
in the B serogroup.  Accordingly, our published report stating that infection was caused by S. abortus 
equi is in error. 
 

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