title: Bacterial diskospondylitis in juvenile mink from 2 Ontario mink farms.
abstract: Nine juvenile mink with hind-limb paresis/paralysis from 2 Ontario farms were submitted for necropsy. Diagnostic tests revealed spinal compression and severe thoracic diskospondylitis with intralesional Gram-positive coccoid bacterial colonies. Streptococcus canis, Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, and hemolytic Staphylococcus spp. were isolated from vertebral lesions.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (Martínez, Vidaña); Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain (Vidaña); Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Elora, Ontario N0B 1S0 (Tapscott); Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College (Cruz-Arambulo) and Animal Health Laboratory (Slavic, Brash), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1H 6R8.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vidaña
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cruz-Arambulo
authors.forename: Durda
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Slavic
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tapscott
authors.forename: Marina L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brash
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008907:Mink; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*