title: IsCorynebacterium pseudotuberculosisinfection (pigeon fever) in horses an emerging disease in western Canada?
abstract: This report describes 5 horses in the southern Alberta region with typical and atypical external abscessation due toCorynebacterium pseudotuberculosis(pigeon fever). "Pigeon fever" has recently been diagnosed in new geographic regions in North America and should be kept as a differential diagnosis by practitioners when an external or internal abscess is identified in a horse.
authors.affiliation: Moore Equine, Balzac, Alberta (Corbeil, Morissey, Léguillette); Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Léguillette).
authors.forename: Louise E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Corbeil
authors.affiliation: Moore Equine, Balzac, Alberta (Corbeil, Morissey, Léguillette); Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Léguillette).
authors.forename: Jennifer F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.affiliation: Moore Equine, Balzac, Alberta (Corbeil, Morissey, Léguillette); Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Léguillette).
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Léguillette
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016925:Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D008205:Lymphangitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents