Domenis L, Pecoraro P, Spedicato R, Corvonato M, Peletto S, Zuccon F, Acutis P. Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia in an Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra).
J Comp Pathol 2009;
141:70-3. [PMID:
19361807 DOI:
10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.02.003]
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Abstract
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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