Disseminated panniculitis in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) due to mycobacterium chelonae infection

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-420

  Wünschmann, Arno ^a   Armien, Anibal ^a   Harris, N Beth ^b   Brown Elliott, Barbara A ^c   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^c   Rasmussen, James ^d   Willette, Michelle ^d   Wolf, Tiffany ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Minnesota Zoological Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Mycobacterium chelonae; Pyogranulomatous panniculitis; Tursiops truncates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PANNICULITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PANNICULITIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 53549088901     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0135.1     Document Type: Article

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