Hydatid disease in a mandrill baboon.
Hydatidosis has been described in many species of domestic and wild mammals, including primates. Among the latter reported to have been infected are rhesus monkeys, orangutans, and savannah and drill baboons. This is a case report of hydatid disease due to Echinococcus granulosus in a mandrill baboon (Mandrillus sphinx).
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000882:Haplorhini; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology; D010215:Papio; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology