Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1980 · 15 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyDiagnostic MicrobiologyInfectious Disease PathologyMedical MicrobiologyAnimal Infectious DiseasesBacterial InfectionsBacterial ZoonosesFoodborne ZoonosesZoonotic Disease DiagnosisZoonotic InfectionsBacterial Zoonotic DiseasesParasitic Zoonotic DiseasesUlcerative InflammationZoonotic Bacterial InfectionsZoonotic Protozoan Diseases
Fatal Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection was diagnosed in 3 bushbabies (Galago crassicaudatus) in a large prosimian colony. The clinical signs were diarrhea, dyspnea, hyperthermia, dehydration, and lethargy. Histologically, the disease was characterized by lesions of ulcerative enterocolitis, necrotizing hepatitis, splenitis, lymphadenitis, and nonsuppurative pneumonitis.