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.