When E. coli strikes: a necropsy analysis of a juvenile giraffe’s fatal infection
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-025-04606-1Read our scientific commentaryResearch by
Yufei Zhang, Wenrui Guo, Zhidan Zhang, Yulin Ding, Wenlong Wang, Wa Gao, Bingwu Zheng, Jinling Wang
Combines multisite necropsy findings, histopathology and bacterial identification to document systemic E. coli infection in one neonatal giraffe.
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Study facts
- Method
- Single necropsy case with microbiological investigation
- Location
- Hand-reared giraffe in managed care; facility not named in clinical history
- Species
- Giraffa camelopardalis (paper's nomenclature); subspecies unreported
- Sample
- One female calf; seven tissue/fluid sources; 70 bacterial colonies examined
- Period
- Signs from day eight; death at 14 days; calendar dates unreported
Full citation
Yufei Zhang, Wenrui Guo, Zhidan Zhang, Yulin Ding, Wenlong Wang, Wa Gao, Bingwu Zheng, Jinling Wang (2025). When E. coli strikes: a necropsy analysis of a juvenile giraffe’s fatal infection. BMC Veterinary Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-025-04606-1
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