title: Outbreak of pasteurellosis in captive Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis).
abstract: In September 2012, five Bolivian squirrel monkeys housed in a zoological park died within sequential several days without obvious clinical signs. In a necrospy, one monkey presented swelling of the kidney with multifocal white nodules in the parenchyma, and other two had pulmonary congestion. Histopathologically, multifocal bacterial colonies of gram-negative coccobacillus were found in the sinusoid of the liver in all monkeys examined (Nos.1-4). Additionally, purulent pyelonephritis, pneumonia and disseminated small bacterial colonies in blood vessels were observed. Immunohistochemically, the bacterial colonies from two monkeys were positive for P. multocida capsular serotype D. Based on these findings, these monkeys were diagnosed as septicemia caused by acute P. multocida infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-8, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Mizuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Konomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuramochi
authors.forename: Mitsutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikezawa
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukaizawa
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goryo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012453:Saimiri / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary