Air sacculitis and pneumonias caused by P. multocida
have been reported in nonhuman primates [1,2,4,5]. P. pneumotropica has
been isolated occasionally from wound infections in human subjects [3]. P
haemolytica has been found commonly in enzootic pneumonia of sheep, in septicemia
of lambs, sometimes in association with P. multocida, in pneumonia in
cattle, and as a disease of fowls resembling fowl cholera [3]. It has also been
iso lated from cases of meningitis and arthritis in calves and mastitis in cows
and ewes [3]. Birds were apparently the source of infection in our case; the
monkey was kept in an outdoor cage and small birds were observed frequently
searching for food around the cage. The monkey was paired with an adult female
C. goeldii that showed no signs of illness and it is at present in good health.
Fig. 1. Mixed inflammatory cells with predominant polymorphonuclear cell infiltration with central area of necrosis and small cluster of bacteria in liver section.
