Parasitic Diseases

Toft, Jason D.; Eberhard, Mark L.

doi:10.1016/b978-012088665-4/50005-1

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“…We identified both Entamoeba coli and Iodamoeba bütschlii in Alouatta pigra. Both are found in many species of primates, including humans, and generally considered to be nonpathogenic (Toft and Eberhard, 1998). We found oxyurids in Lamanai, but not CBS howlers.…”

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Coprological Surveys of Alouatta pigra at Two Sites in Belize

et al. 2006

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Fecal samples were collected from black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in north central Belize and analyzed for evidence of endoparasite life stages.At least six types of endoparasites were found in Alouatta pigra fecal samples collected in the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve and the Community Baboon Sanctuary in 1999. These include a digenean trematode, an oxyurid nematode, a strongyle-type nematode, an ascarid presumed to be Ascaris sp., Entamoeba coli and Iodamoeba bütschlii. Higher trematode prevalence was found in adult Alouatta pigra compared to juveniles and higher prevalence of nematode larvae in all animals was found in the wet season compared to the dry season.

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Coprological Surveys of Alouatta pigra at Two Sites in Belize

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“…Like humans, NHPs accidentally serve as intermediate hosts, which acquire infections by ingestion of eggs passed in the feces or nasal secretions of the definitive hosts, usually snakes. 68 Most reported cases have occurred in the tropics and subtropics, but the incidence in the Northern hemisphere might be increasing due to international tourism and trade. In this case, as well as in most other cases, neither clinical symptoms nor noteworthy inflammatory tissue reactions were observed, despite abundant parasites.…”

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Meeting Report

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The combination of loss of habitat, human population encroachment, and increased demand of select nonhuman primates for biomedical research has significantly affected populations. There remains a need for knowledge and expertise in understanding background findings as related to the age, source, strain, and disease status of nonhuman primates. In particular, for safety/biomedical studies, a broader understanding and documentation of lesions would help clarify background from drug-related findings. A workshop and a minisymposium on spontaneous lesions and diseases in nonhuman primates were sponsored by the concurrent Annual Meetings of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology held December 3–4, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee. The first session had presentations from Drs Lowenstine and Montali, pathologists with extensive experience in wild and zoo populations of nonhuman primates, which was followed by presentations of 20 unique case reports of rare or newly observed spontaneous lesions in nonhuman primates (see online files for access to digital whole-slide images corresponding to each case report at http://www.scanscope.com/ACVP%20Slide%20 Seminars/2011/Primate%20Pathology/view.apml). The minisymposium was composed of 5 nonhuman-primate researchers (Drs Bradley, Cline, Sasseville, Miller, Hutto) who concentrated on background and spontaneous lesions in nonhuman primates used in drug safety studies. Cynomolgus and rhesus macaques were emphasized, with some material presented on common marmosets. Congenital, acquired, inflammatory, and neoplastic changes were highlighed with a focus on clinical, macroscopic, and histopathologic findings that could confound the interpretation of drug safety studies.

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“…Natural (53) and experimental (40) T. cruzi infection has also been documented in multiple New World and Old World primate species. In 1984 a baboon from the outdoor primate colony at the Southwest National Primate Research Center at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SPC) in San Antonio, TX, was found dead in its cage and subsequently determined to be infected with T. cruzi (21).…”

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Natural Chagas disease in four baboons

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VandeBerg

et al. 2009

J of Medical Primatology

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Background-Chagas disease is common in Central and South America and the southern United States. The causative agent is Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi, Order Kinetoplastida, Family Trypanosomatidae), a kinetoplastid protozoan parasite of humans and other vertebrates. It is a serious public health issue and the leading cause of heart disease and cardiovascular death in Central and South America. In 1984 a colony baboon was discovered to be infected with T cruzi.

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Parasitic Diseases

Cited by 51 publications

References 466 publications

Coprological Surveys of Alouatta pigra at Two Sites in Belize

Coprological Surveys of Alouatta pigra at Two Sites in Belize

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Natural Chagas disease in four baboons

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