Figure 1.
Macroscopic changes in FENP in mink, foxes and finnraccoons.
A typical macroscopic finding in a mink with FENP is severe necrotic pyoderma with crust formation around the eyes and nose. Some bedding material is detached in the exudate (A). A typical lesion in foxes with FENP is observed around the eyes. The eyelids clot together due to the purulent inflammation (B). Finnraccoons with FENP have painful abscesses between the toes (C).
Table 1.
Gross pathology of the study animals.
Figure 2.
Histopathological findings in FENP in mink and finnraccoons.
A facial skin section from mink shows chronic, deep, and diffuse neutrophilic inflammation with hemorrhage, ulceration, and crusting (A). Severe orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis detected in a skin section from a mink foot (B). A sample of a section from the skin of the eyelid of a healthy control mink is shown in (C). A section from a diseased finnraccoon paw with abscess between the toes shows chronic, deep and diffuse neutrophilic inflammation with ulceration and crusting (D). Necropurulent inflammation in the subcutis is demonstrated in (E), and a section from the skin of a paw of a healthy control finnraccoon in (F). All sections are stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and the respective objectives used in A to F were 10×, 10×, 4×, 4×, 40× and, 4×.
Table 2.
Detection of Arcanobacterium phocae and Streptococcus spp. in fur animals, and their association to disease signs of FENP.