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J S Afr Vet Assoc
; 54(3): 193-200, 1983 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6655661
RESUMO
Ersipelas, a common disease of swine, is caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. The organism was isolated in a blood culture taken from an infected captive dolphin. The dolphin showed typical subacute symptoms of square- and diamond-shaped skin lesions as seen in swine. It was surmised, in retrospect, that the disease was secondary to a primary pneumonia. The symptoms, clinical pathology and other special examinations, treatment and response are discussed.