Fatal Shigellosis in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria

L. U. Enurah; E. M. I. Uche; D. R. Nawathe

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.178

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1 January 1988 Fatal Shigellosis in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria

L. U. Enurah, E. M. I. Uche, D. R. Nawathe

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 24(1):178-179 (1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.178

Abstract

Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae was diagnosed in an adult male captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) which died suddenly after a brief recovery from illness lasting at least 3 wk. Confirmatory diagnosis was based on postmortem examination and cultural isolation of Shigella dysenteriae from the intestine, liver, lung, spleen and heart blood.

Enurah, Uche, and Nawathe: Fatal Shigellosis in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria

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L. U. Enurah, E. M. I. Uche, and D. R. Nawathe "Fatal Shigellosis in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(1), 178-179, (1 January 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.1.178

Received: 5 June 1986; Published: 1 January 1988

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