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. 2021 May 19;59(6):e03125-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03125-20

TABLE 2.

Clinical symptoms, pathological findings, and therapeutic treatment of the animals

Isolate (host animal) Clinical symptoms Pathology Treatment/medical procedures
18-YE00011 (Black-headed Spider monkey) Apathy, death under anesthesia High-grade multifocal necrotizing inflammation of liver and spleen
18-YE00012 (Black-headed Spider monkey) Apathy, reduced appetite High-grade hyperplasia of spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes Antibiotic treatment (amoxcillin, ceftiofur); NSAID (meloxicam); Supportive treatment during anesthesia (fluid supplementation and vitamins)
19-YE00056 (Chacoan mara) Found dead without previous clinical signs Purulent-necrotizing hepatitis; splenitis and typhlocolitis
19-YE00057, 19-YE00070 (Pudu) Watery diarrhea Enterocolitis Antibiotic treatment (amoxicillin); antiparasitic treatment (ivermectin), supportive treatment (fluid supplementation and oral electrolytes)
19-YE00065 (Patagonian mara) Apathy, ataxia, paraparesis Chronic subcutaneous phlegmona above the lumbar spine; necrotizing hepatitis and splenitis Euthanasia
19-YE00066 (Patagonian mara) Found dead without previous clinical signs Multiple internal abscesses
19-YE00106 (Short-eared elephant shrew) Apathy, death Necrotizing hepatitis