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STREPTOCOCCUS infection has not, to our knowledge, hitherto been the cause of mortality in gerbils (Tatera spp.) in South Africa. The following instance of such infection is therefore considered worthy of record.
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DAVIS, D., ORDMAN, D. Fatal Streptococcus zooepidemicus Infection in a Gerbil (Tatera brantsi) in South Africa. Nature 179, 869 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179869a0
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