Intraperitoneal foreign body disease in a baboon (Papio hamadryas).
In a baboon group housed at the German Primate Center one animal became conspicuous with signs of massive abdominal pain in the upper gastric region. After clinical investigation an acute bloat-syndrome was suspected as cause of the animals' sickness. Symptomatic therapy was started but the animal died within a few hours. At necropsy a large piece of wood was found within the right kidney and liver. Prior to this, the foreign body passed the gastrointestinal tract and perforated the proximal colon. A clinico-pathologic description of this uncommon spontaneous foreign body disease is given. The significance of injuries related to environmental enrichment is discussed.
Mätz-Rensing
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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Primate Husbandry, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany. kmaetz@gwdg.de
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Kaup
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D000818:Animals; D044682:Colon, Ascending / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006652:Histological Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D010215:Papio / Q000293:injuries*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000473:pathology*