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Isolation of an actinomycete from a sea leopard (Hydrurga leptonyx)

Authors: Stevenson BJ, Davis GB, Kyle RJ, Price MC
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 25, Issue 10, pp 274, Oct 1977
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Aquatic animal, Sea mammal, Wildlife
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Skeletal/bone/cartilage, Pathology
Article class: Clinical Communication
Abstract: A captive sea leopard Hydrurga leptonyx died following a short illness. Numerous nodular purulent lesions were seen at necropsy and an organism from the family Actinomvceteae was isolated from these.
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