FATAL YERSINIA-PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN CAPTIVE BUSHBABIES

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 177  (9) , 820-821
Abstract
Fatal Y. pseudotuberculosis infection was diagnosed in 3 bushbabies (G. 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.