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[occurrence of trypanoxyuris (trypanoxyuris) minutus (schneider, 1866) (nematoda, oxyuridae) in alouatta guariba clamitans cabrera, 1940 (primates, atelidae) in minas gerais, brazil].this study aims to register the occurrence of trypanoxyuris (trypanoxyuris) minutus in alouatta guariba clamitans, in minas gerais state, brazil. two specimens of a. guariba clamitans, died accidentally, have been necropsied for parasitological studies. only the large intestine and caecum were infected by t. minutus. the parasitism intensity was 6650 parasites and the density was 2.6 parasites/cm3 of large intestine. in the caecum, the mean intensity was 6753 +/- 490.73 parasites, with mean dens ...201020624351
high consumption of primates by pumas and ocelots in a remnant of the brazilian atlantic forest.we studied the diet of the ocelot and puma during the years 2007 and 2008 at the feliciano miguel abdala reserve, in minas gerais, south-eastern brazil. we collected 49 faecal samples (scats) from cats, and identified the species of cat from 23 of them by the analysis of the microstructure patterns of hairs found in their faeces: 17 scats of the puma (puma concolor) and six of the ocelot (leopardus pardalis). in the puma scats, we identified three species of primates (brachyteles hypoxanthus, al ...201425296212
naturally acquired visceral leishmaniasis in non-human primates in brazil.visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is a chronic and often fatal protozoal disease that is endemic in belo horizonte (state of minas gerais, brazil). leishmania sp. is an intracellular obligatory parasite of macrophages that can naturally infect several mammalian species. non-human primates (nhp) have been used as experimental models for infection with leishmania of the donovani complex. the present report describes a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a black-fronted titi. among 41 primates kept in capt ...201020056328
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