title: Placental retention in a bonobo (Pan paniscus).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This case report describes the first placental retention in an 11-year-old female bonobo (Pan paniscus) following the delivery of a healthy infant.
  
  
  METHODS
  After unsuccessful medical treatment with oxytocin, the placenta was manually extracted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both the dam and infant survived.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. michel_halbwax@eva.mpg.de
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halbwax
authors.forename: Crispin Kamate
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Mahamba
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ngalula
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: André
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019974:Pan paniscus; D018457:Placenta, Retained / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole; D010121:Oxytocin; D000658:Amoxicillin