Pigeon fever

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

Heidi,
What does it look like?  Could it be confused with a thrombophlebitis of the
jugular vein?
Dyane



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Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 6:36 PM
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> In a message dated 12/14/99 6:11:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> arcofarm@gulftel.com writes:
>
> <<  What is Pigeon fever?   :) >>
>
> Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.  It is pretty much a disease of
central
> California, but does occasionally show up further south in CA and up here
in
> Oregon.  (We had a horrid outbreak of it here about 8 years ago, and have
> seen a smattering of cases ever since.)  It is presumably spread by flies
or
> other mechanical vectors.  It manifests as abcesses--primarily in the
chest,
> along the ventral midline, or in the groin--in udder or sheath, depending
on
> gender.  The chest abcesses can be very deep and be basketball-sized.
> Occasional cases will get internal abcesses.
>
> Mules tend to be a bit tougher-hided, so it would not surprise me if they
> were somewhat more resistant to this one...
>
> Heidi
>
>
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