Abstract
A purulent laryngeal air sac infection was diagnosed in a free-ranging adult male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in Central Africa. Successful treatment included the administration of antibiotics via blow dart and surgical drainage in the field. This case occurred during an outbreak of respiratory disease of undetermined etiology in this and other gorillas in the population.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Air Sacs*
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Anesthesia / veterinary
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Animals
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Animals, Wild
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Drainage / veterinary*
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Gentamicins / administration & dosage
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Gentamicins / therapeutic use
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Gorilla gorilla*
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Immobilization
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Injections / veterinary
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Injections, Intramuscular / veterinary
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Ketamine
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Laryngeal Diseases / therapy
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Laryngeal Diseases / veterinary*
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Male
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Penicillin G Benzathine / administration & dosage
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Penicillin G Benzathine / therapeutic use
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Penicillin G Procaine / administration & dosage
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Penicillin G Procaine / therapeutic use*
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Respiratory Tract Infections / therapy
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Respiratory Tract Infections / veterinary
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Tiletamine
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Zolazepam
Substances
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Gentamicins
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Penicillin G Procaine
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Tiletamine
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Ketamine
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Zolazepam
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Penicillin G Benzathine