Multisystem infection by Dipetalonema spp. in a capuchin monkey (Sapajus nigritus)
Bibiana da Rosa Pereira,
Ezequiel Davi dos Santos,
Aline Bielak dos Santos
et al.
Abstract:The capuchin monkey (Sapajus nigritus) is one of the primates that make up the wild fauna of Rio Grande do Sul. Like other wild animals, primates suffer from infectious diseases transmitted by insects, including filariasis. This report presents the anatomopathological aspects of a multisystemic infection by Dipetalonema spp. in a capuchin monkey, female, adult, of wild origin, rescued along a highway in the north of the state of Rio Grande do Sul by the road policing service and taken for assistance. In the cl… Show more
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