Pasteurella haemolytica infection in a Goeldie's monkey

Gozalo A, Montoya E, Revolledo L. Pasteurella haemolytica infection in a Goeldie's monkey. J Med Primatol 1992:21:387388.

An adult mate Callimico goeldii died spontaneously. At necropsy, smallwhitish foci were found randomly distributed on the liver surface. Histo logically, the foci were composed of mixed inflammatory cells with predominant polymorphonuclear cell infiltration and central areas of necrosis. Microbiological cultures revealed a Gramnegative coccoidbacilli with bi polar staining. Biochemical analysis revealed that the microorganism was Pasteurella haemolytica.

Alfonso Gozalo, Enrique Montoya, Liliana Revolledo
Center for Reproduction and Conservation of Non Human Primates. Instituto Veterina rio de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Iquitos, Peru.

Key words: Callimico goeldii pasteurellosis pathology Alfonso Gozalo, Proyecto Peruano de Primatologia, IVITA, Apartado 621, Iquitos, Peru Accepted for publication September 12, 1992.
 

INTRODUCTION

Pasteurellosis is a common disease in domestic animals, including avian species. However, reports innonhuman primates are limited to airsac infectionsand pneumonias caused by Pasteurella multocida[ 1, 2,4,5 ]. There are no reports, to our knowledge,of P. haemolytica infection in nonhuman primates.In this report we describe a case of fatal Pasteurellosis caused by P. haemolytica in a Goeldie'smonkey in captivity.