Verrucous endocarditis associated with Streptococcus bovis in mink (Mustela vison)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 264-268

  Pedersen, K ^a   Jorgensen J C ^a   Dietz, H H ^a   Andersen, T H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ENROFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MINK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0041823742     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.9.264     Document Type: Article

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