A survey of parasitic lesions in wild-caught, laboratory-maintained primates: (rhesus, cynomolgus, and baboon)

Vet Pathol. 1984 Mar;21(2):198-207. doi: 10.1177/030098588402100212.

Abstract

The lesions associated with parasitic infestation in 1156 wild-caught, laboratory-maintained nonhuman primates (Macaca fascicularis, Macaca mulatta, and Papio spp) are described. The two most common parasites seen were lung mites (Pneumonyssus spp) and nodular worms (Oesophagostomum spp). In addition, in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) only, Nochtia nochti was a frequent pathogen. The etiology of mineralized fibrotic nodules in the mesentery of cynomolgus monkeys was thought to be infection with Paragonimus westermani, the oriental lung fluke.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary
  • Liver Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
  • Liver Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary
  • Macaca / parasitology*
  • Macaca fascicularis / parasitology*
  • Macaca mulatta / parasitology*
  • Monkey Diseases / epidemiology
  • Monkey Diseases / parasitology*
  • Papio / parasitology*
  • Parasitic Diseases / epidemiology
  • Parasitic Diseases / pathology
  • Parasitic Diseases, Animal*