In this study, the biggest game hare farm in Veneto Region (Venice province) was monitored for two years (2010-2011) in order to investigate on the causes of mortality. To this aim, all dead hares with a good condition score were necropsied. Data on mortality were recorded on the basis of the following categories: newborn kits, suckling kits, growing hares, sub-adult and reproducing hares. Tota...

Equine canker is a chronic pododermatitis of the hoof in horses. Although spirochetes are detectable histopathologically in the lesions, the precise etiology remains unclear. This study reports the 16S rRNA gene sequencing of randomly selected clones based on PCR with Treponema-specific primers, using the canker lesions from two horses and healthy frog and sole from a horse. A total of 114 clon...

Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: August 02, 2016 January 06, 2017 January 08, 2017 March 11, 2017 This case report describes Dermanyssus gallinae infestation as a cause of foot selfmutilation in a laying hen (Gallus gallus) flock. The wounds were observed on one or both feet on the dorsal part of the metatarsus and third digit. Some birds have severe lesions the tendon and muscle ...

The occurrence of severe lameness in adult African elephant bulls in a shrub Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) ecosystem was investigated. Large ulcers in the soles of at least one front foot were seen in each of the recorded cases. Microscopically, the lesion can be described as a severe, chronic-active, ulcerative, bacterial pododermatitis (complicated by hypersensitivity/septic vasculitis). A v...