Outbreak of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus infection in a group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Abstract

The infection was passed on from animal to animal but did not spread to the other five breeding groups nearby. Extensive diagnostic testing failed to reveal the consisting presence of copathogens in individual cases. A visitor with upper respiratory disease was suspected as source of infection.

Nonhuman Primates

“…A number of other members of the Streptococcus genus have been demonstrated to infect nonhuman primates including S. pyogenes resulting in a toxic shock like syndrome (Garcia et al, 2006) and S. equi zooepidemicus resulting in severe bronchopneumonia (Mätz-Rensing et al, 2009). …”

Respiratory System Diseases of Nonhuman Primates

“…Callitrichid deaths have been reported, with the infection source likely infected horse meat that was being fed to armadillos in the same exhibit (Montali, 1997;Schiller et al, 1989). Mätz-Rensing et al (2009), describe a S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus respiratory disease outbreak in a group of rhesus monkeys.…”

Occurrence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus Strains Isolated from Mares with Fertility Problems

“…Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus ( S. zooepidemicus ), is a β-hemolytic streptococcus belonging to the Lancefield group C. It is a rare human pathogen, but it is commonly isolated from bacterial infections in a wide range of animal species like horses [ 1 ], dogs [ 2 , 3 ], felines [ 4 , 5 , 6 ], swine [ 7 , 8 ], guinea pigs [ 9 ], ruminants [ 10 , 11 ], camelids [ 12 ] and non-human primates [ 13 ].…”