VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

MEASLES (RUBEOLA), VIRAL HEPATITIS, KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE (KFD) AND OTHERS

• Measles is one of the most frequently reported viral diseases of non human primates and upon infection, the virus is shed and can re-infect man.
• This is a highly infectious exanthematous viral disease of children. This has been documented in marmosets, tamarins, owl monkeys etc. and is fatal to them.
• Several outbreaks of viral hepatitis have been documented in primate handlers and primate practitioners.
• The virus causing human infectious hepatitis (hepatitis A) can infect chimpanzees, patas, wooley monkey, gorilla, tamarins, cebus etc.
• KFD has been reported in non human primates and is of zoonotic importance.