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Clearance of Shigella flexneri carriers in a zoologic collection of primates

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: In 1990, a high prevalence of Shigella flexneri was documented in the gibbon population at the National Zoological Park. The enzootic strain had been determined to be resistant to most antibiotics and had been responsible for animal deaths. Prevalence of Shigella spp was high in the entire primate population. To address the clinical problem, eradication was attempted by use of enrofloxacin. Facilities disinfection comprised a large part of Shigella clearance efforts. After the clearance protocol was completed gibbons, vs other primate species, were closely monitored for 16 months by subjecting their feces to bacteriologic culturing. The program was successful, with eradication of the problematic strain of S flexneri. However, 10 to 12 months after completion of treatments, S sonnei was isolated from feces of 3 animals living in the same housing facility.

Source: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

DOI: 10.2460/javma.1993.203.01.133

Authors: Linda D. Banish, Robert Sims, Mitchell Bush, David Sack, Richard J. Montali

Institutions: Smithsonian Institution, Johns Hopkins University, National Zoological Park, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Language: English

Topic: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4390377678