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In light of such infections, some zoos turned to the experimental animal vaccine. Zoetis, a New Jersey-based veterinary pharmaceutical company, donated doses to zoos across the country, including San Diego’s. Four orangutans and five bonobos at the zoo became the first nonhuman primates to be vaccinated against the virus.