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Bacterial diskospondylitis in juvenile mink from 2 Ontario mink farms |
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| Authors: | Jorge Martínez Beatriz Vida?a Robert Cruz-Arambulo Durda Slavic Brian Tapscott Marina L Brash |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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