Fatal clostridial enterotoxemia (Clostridium glycolicum) in an ornate Nile monitor (Varanus ornatus).
Enterotoxemia caused by Clostridium glycolicum was identified as the cause of circulatory collapse and death in a female, 3-yr-old, captive-bred ornate Nile monitor (Varanus ornatus). Anaerobic culture of fecal samples from 12 other monitor lizards from the collection failed to demonstrate the presence of this pathogen.
Bertelsen
Mads F
MF
Toronto Zoo, 361A Old Finch Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario M1B 5K7, Canada.
Weese
J Scott
JS
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D004767:Enterotoxemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards / Q000382:microbiology*
D004768:Enterotoxins; C035598:enterotoxin, Clostridium