- Pathogen:
- Nocardia spp.
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Grow on blood agar and selective media (white powdery colonies), and Sabouraud dextrose agar (wrinkled orange colonies).
- Pathogen Information:
- Long, slender gram-positive filaments. Can be rods or cocci. Saprophytes.
- Epidemiology:
- Found in soil and decaying vegetation. Cause opportunistic infections via inhalation, skin wounds, or teat canals.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Canine nocardiosis, Mastitis, Abortion, Wound infections, Pneumonia, Bovine farcy.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.