ABSTRACT
A 16-year-old male Guinea baboon (Papio papio) was evaluated for weakness and focal wet fur of 1-week duration. A pyothorax caused by Streptococcus anginosus was diagnosed. A surgical approach was chosen, combined with a systemic antibiotic therapy. Medical imaging and C-reactive protein follow-up revealed the resolution of the pyothorax.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents , Monkey Diseases , Streptococcal Infections , Animals , Male , Monkey Diseases/surgery , Monkey Diseases/etiology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Streptococcal Infections/veterinary , Streptococcal Infections/surgery , Empyema, Pleural/veterinary , Empyema, Pleural/surgery , Empyema, Pleural/etiology , Papio papioABSTRACT
Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due Angiostrongylus cantonensis is reported in captive non-human primates. A howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) at the Audubon park and Zoological Gardens, New Orleans,LA, died 21 days after initial clinical symptoms. A white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) died at the Ardastra Gardens and Zoo, Nassau, Bahamas, 17 days after onset of symptoms. Both had access to free-ranging by A.cantonensis in non-human primates in the western hemisphere. (AU)