SPONTANEOUS CARDIOMYOPATHY RESEMBLING ACUTE RHEUMATIC HEART-DISEASE IN AN OWL MONKEY

Authors
GOZALO A DAGLE GE MONTOYA E WELLER RE
Citation
A. Gozalo et al., SPONTANEOUS CARDIOMYOPATHY RESEMBLING ACUTE RHEUMATIC HEART-DISEASE IN AN OWL MONKEY, Journal of medical primatology, 21(7-8), 1992, pp. 381-383
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of medical primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
21
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1992
Pages
381 - 383
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1992)21:7-8<381:SCRARH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A wild-caught male Aotus vociferans died spontaneously during quaranti ne. Histologic examination of the heart showed several small myocardia l arteries replaced with fibrinoid necrosis and adjacent inflammation that included lymphocytes and large histiocytic cells. Less often, sim ilar inflammatory foci were observed in the myocardium interstitium. T he lesions observed in the heart of the owl monkey resembled Aschoff b odies.