Verrucous endocarditis associated with Streptococcus bovis in mink (Mustela vison).
Between 1998 and 2001, mortalities due to verrucous endocarditis were experienced at several mink farms. Gram-positive cocci were isolated from the endocardium of all the animals examined but not always from other internal organs. Almost all the isolates were identified as Streptococcus bovis and only a few isolates belonged to other Streptococcus species. Typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of a selection of isolates revealed several patterns and several different clones. Attempts to reproduce disease by the injection of cultures of a field isolate into healthy mink failed.
Pedersen
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Department of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, Danish Veterinary Institute, Hangøvej 2, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
Jørgensen
J C
JC
Dietz
H H
HH
Andersen
T H
TH
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008907:Mink; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016985:Streptococcus bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity