ABSTRACT
Clostridium chauvoei infection typically develops in young cattle between 6 months and 2 years of age, and is rarely found affecting calves younger than 6 months of age. Mortality is nearly 100%. In the Clinic of Bovines and Small Ruminants of the FMVZ-USP, assistance was given to a one-year old beef calf with no definite race, vaccinated against Clostridium sp. The animal showed movement troubles of the right anterior member, gas presence with volume and temperature increase on the affected area. The animal was submitted to aseptical cleanliness on the affected region and treated with penicillin against C. chauvoei. Six months later the lesion was reduced and the animal showed only a moderate limp.
KEY WORDS
Clostridiosis; bovine clinic;
Clostridium chauvoei
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