Hepatic capillariasis in two captive Callithrix penicillata

Authors

  • Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Laboratório de Patologia Animal
  • Raimundo Nonato Moraes Benigno Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Laboratório de Parasitologia Veterinária
  • Klena Sarges Marruaz da Silva Instituto Evandro Chagas
  • Marcella Katheryne Marques Bernal Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Laboratório de Patologia Animal
  • Lucien Roberta Valente Miranda de Aguirra Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Laboratório de Patologia Animal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2016.110446

Keywords:

Capillariasis, Capillaria hepatica, Callithrix penicillata, Hepatopathy

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the occurrence of hepatic capillariasis in two non-human primates of the species Callithrix penicillata that were kept in captivity. Case 1 was in a young female, whose liver presented pale coloring, softening due to autolysis and several noticeably whitish areas. Case 2 was in a male of unknown age, whose liver was slightly pale and brownish. Histological analysis on the samples revealed extensive interstitial fibrosis with hemosiderotic areas. Adult nematodes of Capillaria hepatica and numerous eggs, morphologically characterized by their non-embryonic ellipsoid shape, with bipolar plugs that did not protrude from the shell, thick and birefringent, with a porous layer, thus giving a striated appearance to the eggs. Some cystic formations presented nematode eggs surrounded by numerous foreign-body giant cells. The literature consulted made little reference to reports of Capillaria hepatica in non-human primates. However, similar infections have been extensively studied in domestic rodents. 

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Author Biography

  • Lucien Roberta Valente Miranda de Aguirra, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Laboratório de Patologia Animal
    Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Laboratório de Patologia Animal

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Published

2016-08-31

How to Cite

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Pereira WLA, Benigno RNM, Silva KSM da, Bernal MKM, Aguirra LRVM de. Hepatic capillariasis in two captive Callithrix penicillata. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 9];53(3):1-6. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/110446