F.F jesse Abdullah - Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang,Selangor, Malaysia- Research Centre for Ruminant Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang,
A Tijjani - Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti PutraMalaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia- ۴Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
L Adamu - Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang,Selangor, Malaysia- ۴Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
E.L Taik Chumg - Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang,Selangor, Malaysia-

A3-year-old goat weighing 40 kg was presented to the LargeAnimal Unit, University Veterinary Hospital, Universiti PutraMalaysia with complains of in appetence, lateral recumbency,and weakness. Physical examination findings were pyrexia,tachycardia, tachypnea, and pale mucous membrane. Harsh andcrackles lung sound was noticed upon auscultation. The case wastentatively diagnosed as pneumonic pasteurellosis, and the goatwas treated with broad spectrum antibiotic, non-steroidal antiinflammatorydrug (NSAID), and fluid therapy. The prognosisof this case was guarded and the goat died on day afterhospitalization and post mortem examination was carried out.Samples were taken from the lungs, heart, and pericardial fluidfor bacterial isolation and identification. The post mortemfindings were consolidations of the left and right craniolaterallung lobes, frothy exudates along the trachea, bronchi and the cutsurface of the lungs and presence of straw-colored pericardialfluid. The bacterial culture yielded Pasteurella multocidagrowth from all the samples. Based on the clinical signs, postmortem findings, and bacteriology result, this case was finallydiagnosed as pneumonic pasteurellosis.

goat, Pasteurella multocida, pneumonic Pasteurellosis