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. 1976 Jun;76(3):415–424. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400055340

An outbreak of shigellosis in laboratory marmosets and tamarins (Family: Callithricidae).

J E Cooper, J R Needham
PMCID: PMC2129672  PMID: 819574

Abstract

An outbreak of shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei, is reported in laboratory maintained marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and tamarins (Saguinus nigricollis). The clinical signs and pathological lesions are described and the microbiological findings discussed. Control of the disease was based upon hygiene and antibiotic therapy and the consequences of this approach are described in detail.

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