Is Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection (pigeon fever) in horses an emerging disease in western Canada?

This report describes 5 horses in the southern Alberta region with typical and atypical external abscessation due to (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...

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Published in:Canadian veterinary journal 2016-10, Vol.57 (10), p.1062-1066
Main Authors: Corbeil, Louise E, Morrissey, Jennifer F, Léguillette, Renaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - drug therapy
Abscess - microbiology
Abscess - veterinary
Alberta - epidemiology
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - microbiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary
Corynebacterium Infections - drug therapy
Corynebacterium Infections - epidemiology
Corynebacterium Infections - microbiology
Corynebacterium Infections - veterinary
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Horse Diseases - drug therapy
Horse Diseases - epidemiology
Horse Diseases - microbiology
Horses
Lymphangitis - drug therapy
Lymphangitis - microbiology
Lymphangitis - veterinary
Male
Scientific
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Summary:This report describes 5 horses in the southern Alberta region with typical and atypical external abscessation due to (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.
ISSN:0008-5286