Fusobacteriosis in captive wild-caught pronghorns (Antilocapra americana). Academic Article

abstract

• An outbreak of Fusobacterium necrophorum-induced septicemia occurred in a group of 40 captive wild-caught pronghorns (Antilocapra americana). Primary pododermatitis or necrotic stomatitis progressed to produce fatal septicemia with metastatic lesions in the forestomachs, lung, liver, and cecum in 38 of the animals. Two remaining animals were euthanatized because of chronic pododermatitis. Housing the animals in a pasture previously used by bovids and heavy rains with persistence of ground water pools in the pasture were contributing factors in the pathogenesis of this outbreak.

authors

• Edwards, John

published proceedings

• Vet Pathol

author list (cited authors)

• Edwards, J. F., Davis, D. S., Roffe, T. J., Ramiro-Ibaez, F., & Elzer, P. H.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Edwards, JF||Davis, DS||Roffe, TJ||Ramiro-Ibañez, F||Elzer, PH

publication date

• September 2001

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Pathology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Wild
• Cecum
• Disease Outbreaks
• Fusobacterium
• Fusobacterium Infections
• Liver
• Lung
• Ruminants
• Sepsis
• Stomach, Ruminant

PubMed Central ID

• 11572563

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1354/vp.38-5-549

start page

• 549

end page

• 552

volume

• 38

issue

• 5

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1354%2Fvp.38-5-549