Isolation of streptococci from a fatal case of myocarditis in a captive brown bear (ursus arctos)

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...

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Published in:Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Main Author: Göçmen, Huban
Other Authors: Uludağ Üniversitesi/Veteriner Fakültesi/Patoloji Anabilim Dalı., orcid:0000-0001-5874-7797, orcid:0000-0003-0537-2113, İpek, Volkan, Cangül, İbrahim Taci, ABZ-7197-2022, AAB-4360-2021, 57201970309, 56414715500
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Amer Assoc Zoo Veterinarians 2017
Subjects:
Veterinary sciences
Brown bear
Myocarditis
Pericarditis
Ursus arctos
American black bear
Valvular endocarditis
Broiler parents
Septicemia
Streptococcus bovis streptococcus equinus complex
Animals
Endocarditis
bacterial
Fatal qutcome
Animals,zoo
Male
Streptococcal infections
Streptococcus bovis
Ursidae
Streptococcus Gallolyticus
Bacteremia
Animal
Bacterial endocarditis
Bear
Case report
Fatality
Isolation and purification
Microbiology
Pathology
Streptococcus equinus
Streptococcus infection
Veterinary
Zoo animal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11452/33750
https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0302.1
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Summary: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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