Contagious Ecthyma Dermatitis as a Portal of Entry for Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) of the Canadian Arctic

Abstract

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was detected immunohistochemically in contagious ecthyma (orf virus) dermatitis in two muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), harvested and found dead in 2014 and 2015, respectively, on Victoria Island, Canada. This may help target further research on E. rhusiopathiae epidemiology and mechanisms of infection in muskoxen, recently associated with widespread mortalities in Canada's Arctic.

Published in

Journal of Wildlife Diseases
2022, volume: 58, number: 1, pages: 228-231
Publisher: WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSOC, INC

SLU Authors

• Ytrehus, Björnar

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Pathobiology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00205

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115820