Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia in an Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra).
Nocardia otitidiscaviarum was cultured from the lung of an Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) with suppurative bronchopneumonia. This is the first report of both nocardiosis and Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in this wild ungulate species.
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Sezione di Aosta/C.e.R.M.A.S. (National Reference Centre for Wildlife Diseases), Regione Amerique 7/G, Quart (Aosta), Italy. lorenzo.domenis@izsto.it
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Spedicato
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Corvonato
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Peletto
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Zuccon
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007558:Italy; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048608:Rupicapra / Q000382:microbiology*