TY - JOUR
AU - Serrander, Rita
AB - © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel Folia Prim atol 1990;55:45-50 0015-5713/90/0551 -0045S2.75/0 Olle E.A. Gustavssona, Bengt O. Rokenb, Rita Serranderc Departments o f a Clinical Bacteriology and o f c Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Linköping; h Kolm^rdens Djurpark, Kolmarden, Sweden Key Words. Bordetella pertussis • Chimpanzee • Epizootic • RS virosis • Whooping cough Introduction In week 32, starting on the 5th of August, a second outbreak of coughing attacks began, In the summer of 1985 two adult gorillas which finally affected a total of 14 chimpan­ (Gorilla gorilla) and 19 chimpanzees (Pan zees and 1 of the gorillas. Following this, the troglodytes) were living in Kolmardens Djur­ animals developed obvious dyspnoea during park, an open-air zoological garden in the the drawn-out paroxysmal fits of coughing. southern part of Sweden. Of the latter, 12 Five of the chimpanzees also had nasal ca­ were adults, and 7 were less than 5 years old. tarrh, but none was seriously ill. The cough­ The chimpanzees were kept in two family ing gradually decreased and eventually groups, and the gorillas formed their own ceased in September. Several regimes of group. The groups were separated by symptomatic anti-coughing treatment were fences. tried, with limited 
TI - An Epizootic of Whooping Cough among Chimpanzees in a Zoo
JF - Folia Primatologica
DO - 10.1159/000156498
DA - 1990-01-01
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EP - 50
VL - 55
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