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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Fatal ulcerative colitis in a western lowland gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Journal of Medical Primatology, Volume 37, No. 6, Year 2008
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A captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) presented with watery diarrhoea that progressed to become profuse and haemorrhagic. Faecal analyses revealed Balantidium (B.) coli trophozoites and salmonella-like bacteria. Despite treatment the gorilla died on the 5th day after onset of symptoms. Post-mortem examination revealed a severe erosive-ulcerative superficial and deep colitis. Histological examination of post-mortem samples of the colon showed plentiful B. coli invading into the mucosa and submucosa, whilst PCR screening of bacterial DNA could not confirm any bacteria species which could be connected to the clinical picture. As B. coli is usually a non-pathogenic gut commensal, and as this animal previously showed evidence of non-symptomatic infection of B. coli, it is possible that the switch in pathogenicity was triggered by an acute bacterial infection. Despite successful treatment of the bacterial infection the secondary deep invasion of B. coli was not reversed, possibly because of the failure of the treatment regimen, and led to the death of the gorilla. © 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lankester, Felix
Cameroon, Limbe
Limbe Wildlife Centre
Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin
Germany, Gottingen
Deutsches Primatenzentrum
Kiyang, John Anyam
Cameroon, Limbe
Limbe Wildlife Centre
Jensen, Siv Aina
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Weiss, Sabrina
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Leendertz, Fabian Hubertus
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00287.x
ISSN:
00472565
e-ISSN:
16000684
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases