PYOGRANULOMATOUS PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH NOCARDIA SP LIKE ORGANISMS IN A RACCOON (PROCYON-LOTOR)

Authors
HAMIR AN RUPPRECHT CE
Citation
An. Hamir et Ce. Rupprecht, PYOGRANULOMATOUS PERITONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH NOCARDIA SP LIKE ORGANISMS IN A RACCOON (PROCYON-LOTOR), Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(2), 1996, pp. 373-375
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
373 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1996)32:2<373:PPAWNS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
During 1992 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were live-trapped in northeastern Pennsylvania (USA). In one of these animals a localized pyogranulomat ous peritonitis was seen. Grossly a large mass with a central area of liquifactive necrosis was present in the anterior abdomen. Microscopic ally the lesion contained multiple colonies of filamentous organisms w ith histomorphologic and histochemical charcteristics resembling Nocar dia sp. This appears to be the first report of Nocardia infection in t he raccoon.