Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences (DBVS), School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), University of the West Indies, Mt. Hope Campus, Mt. Hope, Trinidad and Tobago.
Department of Food Production (DFP), Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2022 Mar 2;2022:8300247. doi: 10.1155/2022/8300247. eCollection 2022.
The agouti () is a neotropical rodent which has the potential to be domesticated. As such, some research studies have been done on the biology of this animal. Recently, these animals are being kept in captivity as a source of animal protein. Animals which are kept in captivity may present diseases that would not have been reported in the wild due to lack of observation or the lack of occurrence. The aim of this short communication is to report a case of systemic bacterial infection that affected the lungs and liver of a captive agouti. Bacterial analysis revealed that the infection was caused by . Bacterial infections have been reported in the mammary tissue as well as the skin of the agouti, but to the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of systemic infection in the agouti affecting several organs. This case was seen in a nine-month-old male agouti that was being housed at the University of the West Indies Field Station (UWI, UFS). The animal showed no apparent sign of disease except for lethargy and subsequently died before any treatment was administered. These findings showed that the agouti may have been under some stress (nutritional or environmental) which predisposed this animal to this infection. Future work has to address the nutritional requirements for the growing agouti as well as some treatment options for managements of similar cases in the future.
刺豚鼠（）是一种新热带啮齿动物，具有被驯化的潜力。因此，对这种动物的生物学进行了一些研究。最近，这些动物被圈养作为动物蛋白质的来源。由于缺乏观察或缺乏发生，圈养的动物可能会出现不会在野外报告的疾病。本短通讯的目的是报告一例影响圈养刺豚鼠肺部和肝脏的全身性细菌感染。细菌分析表明，感染是由引起的。已经报道了刺豚鼠的乳腺组织和皮肤中的细菌感染，但据作者所知，这是首例全身性感染影响多个器官的刺豚鼠病例。该病例发生在西印度群岛大学野外站（UWI，UFS）饲养的一只九个月大的雄性刺豚鼠身上。该动物除了嗜睡外，没有明显的疾病迹象，随后在给予任何治疗之前死亡。这些发现表明，刺豚鼠可能承受了一些压力（营养或环境），使这种动物容易感染这种疾病。未来的工作必须解决刺豚鼠生长的营养需求以及未来类似病例的一些治疗选择。
