TUBERCULOSIS IN WILD OLIVE BABOONS, PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS ANUBIS (LESSON), IN KENYA

Several wild olive baboons from a single troop in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya were observed to be lethargic and emaciated. Five were trapped and tuberculin tested by intradermal inoculation of 0.1 cc (100 IU) mammalian old tuberculin in the upper eyelid. Two of the five showed positive reacti...

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Published inJournal of wildlife diseases Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 137 - 140
Main Authors Tarara, R., Suleman, M. A., Sapolsky, R., Wabomba, M. J., Else, J. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.04.1985
Wildlife Dis Assoc
Subjects
Animals
Female
Kenya
Lung - pathology
Lymph Nodes - pathology
Monkey Diseases - diagnosis
Monkey Diseases - pathology
Mycobacterium bovis - isolation & purification
Papio
Tuberculin Test - veterinary
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - pathology
Tuberculosis - veterinary
Kenya
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Summary:Several wild olive baboons from a single troop in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya were observed to be lethargic and emaciated. Five were trapped and tuberculin tested by intradermal inoculation of 0.1 cc (100 IU) mammalian old tuberculin in the upper eyelid. Two of the five showed positive reaction at 72 hr and were examined at necropsy. Gross lesions in both animals consisted of multiple nodules with caseation in the lung, spleen and tracheobronchial lymph nodes. There were multiple granulomas throughout the lung, spleen and the lymph nodes. Tissues were cultured on Lowenstein-Jensen media with and without pyruvic acid. Isolates were typed as Mycobacterium bovis.
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ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-21.2.137