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Bacterial valvular endocarditis in a black bear from Labrador
S McBurney1, A M Veitch, P Y Daoust
1Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre Atlantic region, Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. smcburney@upei.ca
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|November 21, 2000
Abstract:
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.