Salmonella osteomyelitis in a rhesus monkey

An adult male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) developed clinical signs of severe osteomyelitis of the left femur 42 days after onset of enteritis. Salmonella sp. were cultured from feces, blood, and femoral lesions. Response to antibiotic therapy was poor, and the animal was euthanized. The left femur, with pathologic fracture and involucrum, and the right femur, tibia and fibula were most severely affected. Additionally hepatic microgranulomas, mild tubulointerstitial nephritis, medullary histiocytosis and erythrophagocytosis in the lymph nodes, and a mild colitis were diagnosed microscopically. The severity of the disease and serum electrophoresis findings were suggestive of lowered resistance to the organism, possibly due to anemia or polychlorinated biphenyl toxicosis.     

Campylobacter-induced fetal death in a rhesus monkey

A pregnant 4-year-old rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) was presented with a history of acute vaginal bleeding. Physical examination revealed an open cervix. An ultrasound scan demonstrated a viable early third-trimester fetus, approximately 16 weeks of gestational age. Hematology results showed that the monkey was anemic, with a normal leukogram and D?hle bodies. A subsequent cervical culture was positive for Campylobacter fetus. The fetus died 3 days later, and a necropsy of the fetus and placenta was performed. Microscopic examination of the placenta revealed villitis, perivillitis, and deciduitis with S-shaped and gull wing-shaped bacteria. C. fetus was considered the cause of the placental lesions and fetal death; however, the pathogenesis of the infection (hematogenous vs. ascending from the maternal genital tract) was not clear. This is the first report of a Campylobacter-induced fetal death in the rhesus monkey. Because macaques can be asymptomatic carriers and Campylobacter-induced diarrhea is common, this finding has implications for breeding success in nonhuman primate breeding colonies.     

实验猕猴全身CT影像学观察

目的：应用CT技术对成年实验猕猴全身进行断层扫描,探讨CT技术对猕猴疾病的临床诊断意义,建立正常成年猴CT影像图谱,为CT技术在猕猴解剖学的研究、疾病的诊断及科学实验方面的应用,提供影像学的基础资料。方法：（1）选择实验猕猴10只,雌雄各半,年龄6～10岁,进行全身CT断层扫描。（2）试验猴全身麻醉后,置于CT诊断床上,取头前尾后仰卧位,采用平扫及增强扫描技术,进行容积数据采集,获取正常猕猴全身CT影像图片。（3）利用CT图像后处理技术对扫描获得的容积数据进行2D或3D图像重组处理。结果：（1）获得实验猕猴活体结构CT连续断层图像数据集。（2）从扫描和重建图像中精选具有解剖意义的图像,编辑建立实验猕猴CT影像图谱。文中展示4幅代表性扫描图片和5幅三维重建图像。（3）从比较解剖学的角度,阐述猕猴结构特点及与人类的区别。结论：（1）CT影像能够较好显示及分辨猕猴的组织器官结构,骨骼、大血管界面清晰;但软组织、神经、肌肉组织等显示不够清晰。（2）试验获得了正常成年猕猴全身的影像学基础资料,为CT技术在猕猴影像学研究、解剖学研究、疾病的临床诊断及科学实验方面的应用,提供了参考。（3）在猕猴CT影像学方面做了初步摸索,对猕猴进行CT扫描的技术参数选择及猕猴各器官组织定量统计数据的建立等有待进一步总结和完善。