Morbidity and mortality associated with Arcanobacterium pyogenes in a group of captive blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra).
J Zoo Wildl Med
; 36(2): 286-9, 2005 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-17323570
ABSTRACT
Arcanobacterium pyogenes was associated with necrotizing pneumonia; mandibular osteomyelitis; peritonitis; and hepatic, pulmonary, renal, and subcutaneous abscessation in a group of captive blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). Males were more frequently (73.3%) affected than females. Infection with A. pyogenes was fatal or necessitated euthanasia in 15 of 16 (93.7%) cases. Deaths associated with A. pyogenes occurred most frequently (60%) during winter.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Antílopes
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Infecções por Corynebacterium
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Corynebacterium pyogenes
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article