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Table 1 Characterization of C. perspicillata submitted to pathological and bacteriological examination between February and April 2016

From: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:1 infection in a captive Seba’s short tailed-fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) colony in Switzerland

ID

Sex

Age group

Gross and histological findings

Bacteriological analysis

1

f

adult

Necrosuppurative metritis, pneumonia, hepatitis and splenitis

Y. pseudotuberculosis

positive (liver +++, lung +, kidney +)

2

m

adult

Necrosupppurative pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, splenitis, lymphadenitis, glossitis and stomatitis

Y. pseudotuberculosis

positive (liver +++, lung +, kidney +)

3

f

adult

Unremarkable

negative

4

f

young

Fetal atelectasis with intraalveolar

keratin scales

negative

5

unknown

newborn

Unremarkable

negative

6

f

young

1) Multifocal acute hemorrhages in the musculature

2) Fetal atelectasis with intraalveolar

keratin scales

negative

7

f

young

Fetal atelectasis with intraalveolar

keratin scales

negative

8

f

young

Unremarkable

negative

9

f

young

Unremarkable

negative

10

f

young

Mild interstitial pneumonia

negative

11

f

young

Unremarkable so far as assessable due to severe autolysis

negative

12

f

young

Moderate interstitial pneumonia

negative

13

f

unknown

Moderate interstitial pneumonia

negative