Abstract

LOPEZ, G. L. K; PENA, J  and  BRIEVA, C. I. PROTOZOA INFECTION IN INDIVIDUALS OF SADDLEBACK TAMARIN -S. fuscicollis-, COTTON-TOP TAMARIN -S. oedipus-, SQUIRREL MONKEY -S. sciureus-, SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT -S. suricatta- AND BENNETT´S WALLABIE -M. rufogriseus-: A CASES DESCRIPTION. Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2014, vol.61, n.2, pp.153-163. ISSN 0120-2952.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfmvz.v61n2.44678.

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic zoonoses with special attention in human and veterinary medicine around the world. Toxoplasma gondii shares many biological features with other apicomplexa parasites, but is the unique in its extremely wide host range and tissue specificity. The susceptibility to protozoan infection of the New World primate species and Diprotodontia is high. Under captivity conditions, toxoplasmosis is one of the most common infections in australian Diprotodontia. In this paper are exposed clinical and postmortem findings of 11 Primates (Saguinus oedipus, S. fuscicollis, Saimiri sciureus), Carnivora (Suricata suricatta) and Diprotodontia (Macropus rufogriseus), from Zoological Foundation of Cali diagnosed by paraclinic and histopathological methods as toxoplasmosis. Most of cases the clinical picture was mainly characterized by dyspnea, foamy nasal discharge and neurological signs. At the necroscopy, the most important findings were pulmonary, hepatic and encephalic lesions. The cases in this paper are an approach to understanding the pathophysiologic course and the clinical presentation of protozoa infections in wildlife species, despite the lack of definitive diagnosis through specific inmunohistochemical techniques to the different etiologies.

Keywords : Protozoa; Toxoplasma spp.; Diprotodontia; Primates; Carnivora; histopathology.

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