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KMID : 1023520180410010051
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2018 Volume.41 No. 1 p.51 ~ p.55
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Pathological findings of the mixed infection with canine distemper virus and Streptococcus canis on farmed badger
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Kim Ji-Hyeon
Lee Kyung-Hyun
Jung Ji-Youl
Choi Eun-Jin
Kim Ha-Young
So Byung-Jae
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Abstract
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Herein, we report a case of badgers showing high morbidity and mortality rate due to the mixed infection of canine distemper virus (CDV) and Streptococcus canis (S. canis) in a farm where wild animal, badger, is being reared for herbal medicine. During the period of about one month, 120 out of 320 badgers showed severe respiratory symptoms and died, and 3 bodies were submitted to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency for disease diagnosis. The lung with the most severe necropsy findings failed to collapse and showed dark reddening and had yellowish nodules on the cut surface. The characteristic and common histopathologic findings include multifocal necrosis with hemorrhage of the lung, severe lymphoid depletion of the spleen and intracytoplasmic or intranuclear inclusion bodies in almost all organs. Finally, CDV and S. canis were identified by immunohistochemistry and bacterial isolation, respectively. This is the first mixed infection case of CDV and S. canis in badgers being raised on the farm.
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KEYWORD
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Badger, Canine distemper virus (CDV), Mixed infection, Pathology, Streptococcus canis (S. canis)
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