Bacterial Valvular Endocarditis in a Black Bear from Labrador

Scott McBurney; Alasdair M. Veitch; Pierre-Yves Daoust

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.788

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1 October 2000 Bacterial Valvular Endocarditis in a Black Bear from Labrador

Scott McBurney, Alasdair M. Veitch, Pierre-Yves Daoust

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 36(4):788-791 (2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.788

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In fall 1991, a radio-collared black bear (Ursus americanus) in northern Labrador (Canada) died from valvular endocarditis caused by coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus, with widespread dissemination of the infection to other organs shortly before death. Apparently, this is the first reported case of bacterial valvular endocarditis in a wild black bear.

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Scott McBurney, Alasdair M. Veitch, and Pierre-Yves Daoust "Bacterial Valvular Endocarditis in a Black Bear from Labrador," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(4), 788-791, (1 October 2000). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.788

Received: 3 August 1998; Published: 1 October 2000

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