An outbreak of shigellosis in laboratory marmosets and tamarins (Family: Callithricidae)
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 76 (3) , 415-424
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400055340
Abstract
SUMMARY: An outbreak of shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei, is reported in laboratory maintained marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and tamarins (Saguinus nigricollis). The clinical signs and pathological lesions are described and the microbiological findings discussed. Control of the disease was based upon hygiene and antibiotic therapy and the consequences of this approach are described in detail.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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