Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1992 · 22 citations · 4 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary MicrobiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyMedical MicrobiologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyBacterial Diseases Of WildlifeBacterial ZoonosesRuminant Infectious DiseasesWildlife Infectious DiseasesZoonotic Disease DetectionZoonotic InfectionsCaution StatementsSurveillance Of Livestock-associated ZoonosesWildlife Disease OutbreaksWildlife-livestock Interface DiseasesYersiniosis In WildlifeZoonotic Bacterial Disease EpidemiologyZoonotic Bacterial InfectionsZoonotic Disease Ecology
An epizootic attributable to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection was confirmed in captive ruminants in a wildlife park by microbiologic and histologic findings. An epornitic of Y pseudotuberculosis infection was identified at the same period in a vicinity near the ruminant deaths. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect human beings and cause acute enteritis and mesenteric lymphadenitis. People in contact with infected animals should use extreme caution and use good sanitary precautions to preclude transmission of this agent.
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