Subacute multisystemic toxoplasmosis in a captive black‐and‐gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) indicates therapy challenging

A 10‐year‐old black howler monkey presented with a 36‐day subacute clinicopathological picture of fever, prostration, inappetence, intestinal hypomotility, and emaciation. Therapy was trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole with streptomycin. The liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and spleen presented lesions. Toxopl...

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Published in:Journal of medical primatology 2022-12, Vol.51 (6), p.392-395
Main Authors: Moreira, Silvia Bahadian, Pereira, Asheley Henrique Barbosa, Pissinatti, Thalita de Abreu, Arruda, Igor Falco, Azevedo, Raphael Rodrigues Miguel, Schiffler, Francine Bittencourt, Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis, Santos, André Felipe Andrade, Pissinatti, Alcides, Ubiali, Daniel Guimarães
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Language:English
Subjects:
Alouatta
Alouatta caraya
Animals
Appetite loss
conservation
Fever
Lymph nodes
Platyrrhini
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Streptomycin
Sulfamethoxazole
Toxoplasma
Toxoplasmosis
Trimethoprim
veterinary pathology
wildlife medicine
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Summary:A 10‐year‐old black howler monkey presented with a 36‐day subacute clinicopathological picture of fever, prostration, inappetence, intestinal hypomotility, and emaciation. Therapy was trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole with streptomycin. The liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and spleen presented lesions. Toxoplasma gondii isolation and PCR determined the diagnosis, and indirect fluorescent antibody tests confirmed an increase in antibody titers.
ISSN:0047-2565
1600-0684
DOI:10.1111/jmp.12600