TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial diskospondylitis in juvenile mink from 2 Ontario mink farms
AU - Martínez, Jorge
AU - Vidana Mateo, Beatriz V
AU - Cruz-Arambulo, Robert
AU - Slavic, Durda
AU - Tapscott, Brian
AU - Brash, Marina L
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Nine juvenile mink with hind-limb paresis/paralysis from 2 Ontario farms were submitted for necropsy. Diagnostic tests revealed spinal compression and severe thoracic diskospondylitis with intralesional Gram-positive coccoid bacterial colonies. Streptococcus canis, Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, and hemolytic Staphylococcus spp. were isolated from vertebral lesions.
AB - Nine juvenile mink with hind-limb paresis/paralysis from 2 Ontario farms were submitted for necropsy. Diagnostic tests revealed spinal compression and severe thoracic diskospondylitis with intralesional Gram-positive coccoid bacterial colonies. Streptococcus canis, Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, and hemolytic Staphylococcus spp. were isolated from vertebral lesions.
KW - Animals
KW - Bacterial Infections/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Mink
KW - Ontario/epidemiology
KW - Spondylitis/epidemiology
U2 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743570/
DO - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743570/
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 24155490
SN - 0008-5286
VL - 54
SP - 859
EP - 863
JO - Canadian Veterinary Journal
JF - Canadian Veterinary Journal
IS - 9
ER -