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Intraperitoneal foreign body disease in a baboon ( Papio hamadryas )
Author(s) -
MätzRensing K.,
Floto A.,
Kaup F.J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2004.00061.x
Subject(s) - baboon , medicine , foreign body , primate , disease , gastrointestinal tract , abdominal pain , surgery , pathology , biology , neuroscience
In a baboon group housed at the German Primate Center one animal became conspicuous with signs of massive abdominal pain in the upper gastric region. After clinical investigation an acute bloat‐syndrome was suspected as cause of the animals’ sickness. Symptomatic therapy was started but the animal died within a few hours. At necropsy a large piece of wood was found within the right kidney and liver. Prior to this, the foreign body passed the gastrointestinal tract and perforated the proximal colon. A clinico‐pathologic description of this uncommon spontaneous foreign body disease is given. The significance of injuries related to environmental enrichment is discussed.