Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research Letter
Tuberculosis in Lemurs and a Fossa at National Zoo, Madagascar, 2022
Table
Animal | Species (animal number) | Sex | Birth location | Date of birth | Date of death | Sample method | M. tuberculosis detected by GeneXpert | M. tuberculosis sublineage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fossa |
Cryptoprocta ferox |
M |
Wild |
Unknown |
2022 Aug |
Necropsy |
Low |
4.3.3 |
Lemur | Eulemur flavifrons | F | Unknown | Unknown | Alive in 2022 Oct | Swab | Trace | 4.3.3 |
E. fulvus | M | Unknown | Unknown | Alive in 2022 Oct | Swab | Trace | 4.3.3 | |
E. fulvus | F | Unknown | Unknown | Alive in 2022 Oct | BAL | Trace | 4.3.3 | |
E. rufus | F | Unknown | Unknown | Alive in 2022 Oct | Swab | Trace | 4.3.3 | |
Lemur catta | F | Unknown | Unknown | Alive in 2022 Oct | BAL | Trace | 4.3.3 | |
Propithecus coquereli | M | Wild | Unknown | Early 2022 | Necropsy | Low | 4.3.3 | |
Varecia variegata (1) | F | PBZT | 2019 Oct 7 | 2022 Jul 24 | Necropsy | High | 4.3.3 | |
V. variegata (2) | F | PBZT | 2019 Oct 7 | 2022 Aug 20 | Necropsy | High | 4.3.4 | |
V. variegata (3) | M | Palmarium Lemur Reserve, Toamasina | 2015 | 2022 Sep 12 | Necropsy | High | 4.3.3 |
*PBZT, Botanical and Zoological Park of Tsimbazaza.
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