| hepatic capillariasis in captive ring-tailed lemurs (lemur catta). | a female ring-tailed lemur (lemur catta) and her two cubs held in a zoo in chile exhibited signs of severe hepatic insufficiency. in spite of supportive treatment, the three animals died a few days after the onset of signs. postmortem examination revealed ascites and fibrotic lesions in the liver of all the individuals. histologically, the liver of two of them showed a severe parasitic ova infection and lipidosis, the morphologic characteristics of the parasitic ovas were consistent with capilla ... | 2012 | 22779256 |