Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Treatment of disseminated Strongyloides spp. infection in an infant Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
- Journal:
- Journal of medical primatology
- Year:
- 2018
- Authors:
- Kleinschmidt, Laura M et al.
- Affiliation:
- Animal Health Department · United States
Abstract
Strongyloides nematodes have been reported in all species of great apes with orangutans ≤5 years old most susceptible to severe clinical disease. This brief communication describes the first published case of antemortem diagnosis and treatment of disseminated strongyloidiasis in a clinically affected 5-month-old Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
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