Fusobacteriosis in captive wild-caught pronghorns (Antilocapra americana)

Authors
Edwards, JF Davis, DS Roffe, TJ Ramiro-Ibanez, F Elzer, PH
Citation
Jf. Edwards et al., Fusobacteriosis in captive wild-caught pronghorns (Antilocapra americana), VET PATH, 38(5), 2001, pp. 549-552
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
VETERINARY PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
03009858 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
549 - 552
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9858(200109)38:5<549:FICWP(>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
An outbreak of Fusobacterium necrophorum-induced septicemia occurred in a g roup of 40 captive wild-caught pronghorns (Antilocapra americana). Primary pododermatitis or necrotic stomatitis progressed to produce fatal septicemi a 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.