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J Wildl Dis
; 24(3): 585-6, 1988 Jul.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3045348
RESUMEN
A fatal case of acute pneumonia and septicemia that occurred in a captive civet kitten (Civettictis civetta) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria is reported. Diagnosis was based on clinical signs, necropsy findings, and the isolation of Klebsiella pneumoniae from the lung, intestine, liver and heart blood of the animal. This is the first report of clinical K. pneumoniae infection in a wild or captive animal in Nigeria.