FIGURE CAPTIONS
FIGURE 1. A and B) Kid goat of Saanen breed (30 days old)
showing a distended abdomen mainly in the right and left paralombar
fossa; C) Pens with concrete floors covered with shavings. Lateral walls
1.5 meters high without windows and poor ventilation; D) Overcrowded
solarium area.
FIGURE 2. A) Kid goat of Saanen breed (45 days old; Kid C)
found dead with intense abdominal bloating and subcutaneous emphysema;
B) Advanced state of autolysis, free abomasal contents in the abdominal
cavity and peritonitis; C) Abomasal congestion and diffuse emphysema in
the abomasal wall; D) Details of the emphysema in the abomasal wall.
FIGURE 3. Photomicrograph of abomasal tissue. A) Hyalinization
of the abomasal wall with C. perfringens characterized as
basophilic rods (Gram+; *). Histopathology staining by GRAM.
Magnification of 630×. B) Imprinting of abomasal mucosa - C.
perfringens characterized as basophilic rods (black arrow) and round to
ovoid yeasts compatible with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (red arrow;
5–10 μm). Rapid Panoptic Staining. Amplification of 630X. C) Abomasal
tissue. Emphysematous abomasitis – gas accumulated at the submucosa of
the abomasum (black arrow). Mucosa (red arrow). Muscle tunics (green
arrow). HE staining. Magnification of 40×. D, E and F) C.
ventriculi in the abomasal mucosa. Histopathology staining by GRAM.
Magnification of 200×, 630×, and 1000×, respectively.