CLINICAL DESCRIPTION OF TETANUS IN SQUIRREL-MONKEYS (SAIMIRI-SCIUREUS)

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 29  (2) , 240-242
Abstract
Clinical tetanus developed in 19 Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) housed in outdoor corrals with soil-based floors. The disease was initially characterized by stiffness in gait followed by extensor rigidity, trismus and opisthotonus. Of the 19 monkeys 11 (58%) had evidence of external wounds. The case fatality rate was 100%. Tetanus accounted for 12% of adult female and 19% of adult male mortalities in the colony. Immunization with tetanus toxoid was effective in reducing the incidence of tetanus.

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