Spontaneous Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome in a gang-housed baboon.
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome can cause acute death in the baboon without specific signs. Furthermore, this syndrome could result from stress-related intestinal permeability changes that allow macromolecules and/or microbiological entities to enter the systemic circulation. The resulting sepsis could cause adrenocortical insufficiency, hypotension and shock leading to death.
Cary
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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Animal Resources, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
Kosanke
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White
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D000303:Adrenal Cortex Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D010215:Papio; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*