Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)

Subcutaneous and intraperitoneal cysticercosis due to Taenia crassiceps was diagnosed in a 5-yr-old male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in the Madrid Zoo-Aquarium (Madrid, Spain). Under laparoscopic examination, several septated fibrous cystic structures and numerous masses of small transparent ves...

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Published in:Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2010-06, Vol.41 (2), p.327-330
Main Authors: Luzón, Mónica, de la Fuente-López, Concepción, Martínez-Nevado, Eva, Fernández-Morán, Jesús, Ponce-Gordo, Francisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Cysticerci
Cysticercosis
Cysticercosis - parasitology
Cysticercosis - pathology
Cysticercosis - surgery
Cysticercosis - veterinary
Fatal Outcome
Foxes
Infections
Larvae
Lemur
Lemur catta
Male
Parasite hosts
Parasites
Parasitism
Taenia
Taenia crassiceps
Zoos
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Summary:Subcutaneous and intraperitoneal cysticercosis due to Taenia crassiceps was diagnosed in a 5-yr-old male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in the Madrid Zoo-Aquarium (Madrid, Spain). Under laparoscopic examination, several septated fibrous cystic structures and numerous masses of small transparent vesicles (ca. 3 mm in diameter) were observed subcutaneously and inside the peritoneal cavity. Most of the structures were extirpated but, after 2 days of postsurgical intensive care, the animal died. The loss of body weight of the animal after surgical extirpation (566 g) represented 22% of the total weight (body weight before mass removal, 2,582 g). The vesicles were identified under light microscopic examination as cysticerci and by molecular diagnosis as Cysticercus longicollis, the larval form of T. crassiceps. The present report represents the first detection of T. crassiceps in the prosimian genus Lemur.
ISSN:1042-7260
1937-2825
DOI:10.1638/2009-0062R.1