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Verrucous endocarditis associated with Streptococcus bovis in mink ( Mustela vison )
Author(s) -
Pedersen K.,
Jørgensen J. C.,
Dietz H. H.,
Andersen T. H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.153.9.264
Subject(s) - mink , streptococcus bovis , endocarditis , biology , veterinary medicine , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , ecology , food science , rumen , fermentation
Between 1998 and 2001, mortalities due to verrucous endocarditis were experienced at several mink farms. Gram‐positive cocci were isolated from the endocardium of all the animals examined but not always from other internal organs. Almost all the isolates were identified as Streptococcus bovis and only a few isolates belonged to other Streptococcus species. Typing by pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis of a selection of isolates revealed several patterns and several different clones. Attempts to reproduce disease by the injection of cultures of a field isolate into healthy mink failed.