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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1 December 2000
IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF MONILIFORMIS CLARKI (ACANTHOCEPHALA) IN COTTON-TOPPED TAMARINS (SAGUINUS OEDIPUS)
Martha Weber,
Randall Junge
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 31 • No. 4
December 2000
Vol. 31 • No. 4
December 2000
Acanthocephala
Albendazole
Moniliformis clarki
tamarin