Pyogranulomatous peritonitis associated with Nocardia sp.-like organisms in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 373-375

  Hamir, Amir N ^a,c   Rupprecht, Charles E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulomatous peritonitis; Nocardia sp.; Procyon lotor; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERITONITIS; RACCOON;

ANIMALS; GRANULOMA; MALE; NECROSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PERITONITIS; RACCOONS;

EID: 0030117041     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.373     Document Type: Article

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