Table 1.

Epidemiological summary of primates housed in the Montpellier Zoological Park during the period 1989–1998

Primate species	Status as of December 1998		Description of dead primates
	Alive	Dead	Origin	Date of arrival	Date of death	Age at death, yr	Clinical signs	Spongiform encephalopathy	No. of animal
Lemurians
Eulemur  fulvus	5	6	Madagascar	1974	1992	>18	Neurological signs + blindness	Yes	481
mayottensis			Madagascar	1974	1990	>16
			Montpellier	1984	1991	7
			Montpellier	1983	1989	6	Neurological signs (cerebral hemorrhage)
			Montpellier	1988	1992	4	Neurological signs	Yes	474
			Montpellier	1995	1996	1	Neurological signs + blindness	No	584
Eulemur	4	4	Paris	1988	1992	>4	Neurological signs	Yes	456
fulvus			Paris	1988	1990	>2
albifrons			Paris	1988	1992	>4
			Paris	1988	1990	>2
Eulemur	0	3	Mulhouse	1989	1991	“Old”	Neurological signs
mongoz			Mulhouse	1989	1990	“Old”	Neurological signs
			Madagascar	1979	1992	>13	Neurological signs	Yes	586
Eulemur	3	1	Montpellier	1981	1996	15	Neurological signs
macaco
Lemur	3	1	Montpellier	1976	1994	18	Motor deficits
catta
Varecia	4	2	Mulhouse	1985	1990	7	Neurological signs
variegata			?	1993	1994	1
variegata
Varecia	4	0
varietata
rubra
Simians
Macaca	0	3	United Kingdom	1986	1992	10	Neurological signs	Yes	455
mulatta			United Kingdom	1986	1993	11	Neurological signs
			United Kingdom	1988	1991	>3	Pneumonia
Macaca	5	1	?	1985	1993	7
sylvanus
Macaca	3	0
fuscata
Saimiri	4	5	Fréjus	1987	1990	>3	Neurological signs
sciureus			Fréjus	1989	1990	>3
			Fréjus	1989	1990	>3
			Fréjus	1989	1990	>3
			Fréjus	1989	1989	>3

All animals died of undetermined causes unless otherwise indicated. Blank spaces in the last two columns indicate that no autopsy examinations were performed on these animals.