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bacterial diskospondylitis in juvenile mink from 2 ontario mink farms.

nine juvenile mink with hind-limb paresis/paralysis from 2 ontario farms were submitted for necropsy. diagnostic tests revealed spinal compression and severe thoracic diskospondylitis with intralesional gram-positive coccoid bacterial colonies. streptococcus canis, streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, and hemolytic staphylococcus spp. were isolated from vertebral lesions.