Identification and treatment of Moniliformis clarki (Acanthocephala) in cotton-topped tamarins (Saguinus oedipus).
Ten cotton-topped tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) were infected with Moniliformis clarki a parasitic acanthocephalan. One animal died of intestinal perforation and peritonitis before treatment was initiated. Five of the remaining tamarins were treated successfully with oral albendazole at either 50 mg/kg b.i.d. for 16 days or 100 mg/kg b.i.d. for 3 days, then repeated biweekly for four treatments. A less-intensive treatment regime of 50 mg/kg albendazole orally s.i.d. for 3 days and monthly repeated treatments was unsuccessful. Parasites were removed via surgical enterotomy from two animals, both of which continued to shed acanthocephalan eggs postoperatively.
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St. Louis Zoo, Missouri 63110, USA.
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D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008990:Moniliformis; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications; D012452:Saguinus
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole