[Case report: Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia in an American minipig].
A natural, lethal enteritis and septicaemia caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in an American Minipig piglet is reported. The isolated strain was identified as serotype O:3 and biotype 4. Pathomorphological examination of the animal revealed a severe fibrinonecrotic ileitis and typhlocolitis. Pyogranulomatous lesions were detected in regional lymph nodes and several organs.
Brügmann
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Abteilung Pathologie des Ahlemer Instituts der Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover am Institut für Pathologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Bünteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover.
Peters
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Mumme
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D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*