Questionnaire survey of detrimental fur animal epidemic necrotic pyoderma in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2007, a previously unrecorded disease, fur animal epidemic necrotic pyoderma (FENP), was detected in farmed mink (Neovision vision), foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and Finnraccoons (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Finland. Symptoms included severe pyoderma with increased mortality, causing both animal welfare problems and economic losses. In 2011, an epidemiologic questionnaire was mailed to all members of the Finnish Fur Breeders' Association to assess the occurrence of FENP from 2009 through the first 6 months of 2011. The aim was to describe the geographical distribution and detailed clinical signs of FENP, as well as sources of infection and potential risk factors for the disease.

Results

A total of 239 farmers (25%) returned the questionnaire. Clinical signs of FENP

SUBMITTER: Nordgren H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5543541 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature