Fatal Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae septicemia in a captive Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhyncus Obliquidens)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 494-497

  Kinsel, Michael J ^a   Boehm, Jeffrey R ^b   Harris, Brigita ^b   Murnane, Robert D ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b John G Shedd Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Erysipelas; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Pacific white sided dolphin; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DOLPHIN; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FATALITY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN; DOLPHINS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031307541     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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