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.
Doerning
B J
BJ
University of Michigan School of Medicine, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109-0614.
Brammer
D W
DW
Rush
H G
HG
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