tyzzer's disease in wild-trapped muskrats in british columbia. | a diagnosis of tyzzer's disease (bacillus piliformis infection) was made in a group of recently-trapped muskrats (ondatra zibethica). the major lesions consisted of enteritis and focal necrosis of the liver, with organisms resembling b. piliformis in hepatocytes on the periphery of these foci. the outbreak was associated with recent capture, housing, and the use of sulfaquinoxaline-medicated feed. | 1977 | 864842 |
tularemia, plague, yersiniosis, and tyzzer's disease in wild rodents and lagomorphs in canada: a review. | information related to infection of wild rodents or lagomorphs in canada by francisella tularensis, yersinia pestis, other yersinia spp., and clostridium piliforme was searched for this study. reports on tularemia in humans linked to these species came from diagnostic databases, literature, wildlife health specialists, and public health agencies. tularemia has been diagnosed in 8 species of wild rodent and 2 species in the genus lepus in canada. tularemia occurred in wild animals, or in humans a ... | 2009 | 20190973 |