Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1980 · 31 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyInfectious Disease PathologyMedical MicrobiologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyBacterial Diseases Of WildlifeBacterial InfectionsBacterial ZoonosesEmerging ZoonosesEmerging Zoonotic DiseasesZoonotic InfectionsBacterial Zoonotic DiseasesEmerging Zoonotic BacteriaParatuberculosis In WildlifePrimate Infectious DiseasesYersiniosis In WildlifeZoonotic Bacterial Disease EpidemiologyZoonotic Bacterial InfectionsZoonotic Pathogen Characterization
Diarrheal disease associated with abortions and stillbirths occurred in a group of 42 Macaca fascicularis. The group was composed of wild-caught adults and their colony-born offspring housed in a half-acre cage. Thirteen adult females and 1 infant male were affected. All 14 monkeys had diarrhea and all 9 pregnant females either aborted or had a stillbirth. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was isolated from 7 animals. In addition, Y enterocolitica was isolated from 1 monkey and Shigella flexneri type IV was isolated from 5 monkeys. One adult female had a mixed infection of both Y pseudotuberculosis and S flexneri. Every pregnant monkey from which Y pseudotuberculosis was isolated aborted or had a stillbirth. Five animals died, and Y pseudotuberculosis was the only pathogen isolated from these 5 monkeys.