Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a Chinchilla lanigera.
This report describes a case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a chinchilla. The affected animal displayed a variety of clinical signs including genital swelling, conjunctivitis, anorexia, weight loss, corneal and oral ulcerations and, most unusually, intradermal pustules which developed 8 days after recovery from the initial illness. The occurrence of these pustules has not been documented previously.
University of Michigan School of Medicine, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109-0614.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002077:Butorphanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002682:Chinchilla; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000473:pathology; D004435:Eating; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D002077:Butorphanol