[A case of zoonosis associated with Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus].

Can Vet J

Chaudière-Appalaches, ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, Québec.

Published: February 2002

A sexagenarian couple operating a dairy farm, where there were also many horses, suffered a severe respiratory infection associated with the bacterium Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus. The investigation revealed that the source of infection was due to contacts with a horse having an infected wound from which we isolated this zoonotic agent.

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