US EPA

4287821 

Journal Article 

Chromobacteriosis in a Chinese red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani) 

Dyer, NW; Krogh, DF; Devold, R; Wilson, SL; White, DG 

2000 

1 

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
ISSN: 1040-6387
EISSN: 1943-4936 

12 

2 

177-179 

English 

10730953 

WOS:000086110300017 

An adult Chinese red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani) transported by airplane from Florida to a North Dakota zoo died 1 week after arrival. Grossly, an interscapular abscess, subcutaneous inflammation, lymphadenitis, and pulmonary abscesses were observed. Microscopic findings included necrotizing inflammation in liver, lung, lymph node, and spleen. Chromobacterium violaceum was cultured from the interscapular abscess, liver, lung, and spleen and was injected into Swiss Webster mice. These mice died 18 hours postinoculation, and C. violaceum was cultured from liver, lung, and spleen. Chromobacterium violaceum is a sporadically reported but highly virulent pathogenic bacterium of both animals and humans typically found as a soil and water inhabitant of tropical and subtropical regions.