Publication: Isolation of streptococci from a fatal case of myocarditis in a captive brown bear (ursus arctos)
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İpek, Volkan
Cangül, İbrahim Taci
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Göçmen, Huban
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Amer Assoc Zoo Veterinarians
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A 10-yr-old, male brown bear (Ursus arctos) from Bursa Zoo in Turkey died without any apparent signs. Severe purulent pericarditis and myocarditis with mild ascites, lung edema, and moderate liver congestion were observed during necropsy. Microscopically, there were severe neutrophilic infiltrations in the myocardium and thoracic lymph nodes. A member of the Streptococcus bovis-Streptococcus equinus complex (SBSEC) was isolated and identified phenotypically.
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Veterinary sciences, Brown bear, Myocarditis, Pericarditis, Ursus arctos, American black bear, Valvular endocarditis, Broiler parents, Septicemia, Streptococcus bovis streptococcus equinus complex
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İpek, V. vd. (2017). ''Isolation of streptococci from a fatal case of myocarditis in a captive brown bear (ursus arctos)''. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48(1), 269-271.