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Clinical description of tetanus in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
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Clinical description of tetanus in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
Lab Anim Sci.
1979 Apr.
Abstract
Nineteen cases of clinical tetanus developed in Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) which were housed in outdoor corrals with soil-based floors. The disease was initially characterized by stiffness in gait followed by extensor rigidity, trismus and opisthotonus. Eleven of the 19 monkeys (58%) had evidence of external wounds. The case fatality rate was 100%. Tetanus accounted for 12% of adult female and 19% of adult male mortalities in the colony. Immunization with tetanus toxoid was effective in reducing the incidence of tetanus.
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