Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in chukar partridge (Alectoris graeca)

J Wildl Dis. 1976 Apr;12(2):254-5. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-12.2.254.

Abstract

Erysipelas was diagnosed in chukar partridges (Alectoris graeca) kept as hunting stock. Mortality was 265 of 500 (53%) over a period of one week.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases* / microbiology
  • Erysipelothrix / isolation & purification
  • Erysipelothrix Infections* / microbiology
  • Liver / microbiology