Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a black-eared marmoset.
A case of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in a captive C. penicillata in a German zoological garden is described. Clinical symptoms were lacking, the morphological lesions consisted of intestinal granulomas harbouring rhabdidiform larvae. The adult worms were present in the ileo-caecal branches of the mesenteric artery.
D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D002144:Callithrix; D005260:Female; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*