Table 1.
Demographic information, clinical signs, and gross necropsy findings of 52 capuchin monkeys suspected or confirmed of leptospirosis in a wildlife rehabilitation center in Colombia.
| Confirmed cases (n = 16)
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Suspected cases (n = 36)
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Species | ||||
| C. albifrons | 13 | 81 | 31 | 86 |
| C. capuchinus | 2 | 13 | 4 | 11 |
| C. apella | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Presentation | ||||
| Lethargy | 10 | 62 | 9 | 25 |
| Emaciation | 8 | 50 | 13 | 36 |
| Dehydration | 3 | 19 | 3 | 8 |
| Clinical signs | ||||
| Icterus | 14 | 87 | 23 | 64 |
| Lymphadenomegaly | 9 | 56 | 15 | 42 |
| Pale mucous membranes | 5 | 31 | 10 | 28 |
| Respiratory distress | 5 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
| Abnormal lung sounds | 6 | 37 | 5 | 14 |
| Hepatomegaly | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Renomegaly | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| Melena | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| No apparent clinical signs | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| Outcome | ||||
| Death | 7 | 44 | 7 | 19 |
| Necropsy gross findings | ||||
| Pulmonary hemorrhage | 4 | |||
| Hemorrhagic mesenteric lymph nodes | 2 | |||
| Liver congestion | 2 | |||
| Kidney congestion | 1 | |||