Mortality causes of the moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax) in captivity. |
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| Authors: | A Gozalo E Montoya |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Reproduction and Conservation of Nonhuman Primates, Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura (IVITA), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Iquitos, Peru. |
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From January 1987 to November 1990, 125 adult Saguinus mystax died at the CRCP. Enteritis/colitis (26%), hypoglycemia/cachexia (19%), and parasitic enteritis (13%) were the most common causes of death. Less common were purulent peritonitis (9%), lobular pneumonia (8%), and hemorrhagic gastroenterocolitis (6%). These results confirm the high frequency of gastroenteric lesions reported in Callitrichidae in captivity. |
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| Keywords: | Saguinus mystax pathology wasting marmoset syndrome colitis |
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