SPONTANEOUS COLITIS CYSTICA PROFUNDA IN CAPTIVE TAMARINS

Citation
As. Gozalo et al., SPONTANEOUS COLITIS CYSTICA PROFUNDA IN CAPTIVE TAMARINS, Journal of medical primatology, 23(5), 1994, pp. 309-312
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Veterinary Sciences
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
309 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1994)23:5<309:SCCPIC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Of the 232 tamarins (133 Saguinus mystax and 99 Saguinus labiatus) tha t died at the Center for Reproduction and Conservation of Nonhuman Pri mates in Iquitos, Peru from January 1987 to December 1990, 23 monkeys (9.9%) were diagnosed as having chronic colitis. Typically, the cecal and colonic mucosa was greyish and small yellowish cysts, measuring 1- 4 mm, were found randomly distributed bulging the mucosa. Microscopica lly, colitis cystica profunda was diagnosed additionally in six more a nimals, giving a total of 29 cases (12.5%). This is the first report t o our knowledge that describes colitis cystica profunda in a nonhuman primate.