Maraya Lincoln Silva, Mayara Grego Caiaffa, André Luiz Mota da Costa, Eduardo Ferreira-Machado, Ticiana Brasil Ervedosa, Pedro Enrique Navas-Suárez, Juliana Mariotti Guerra, Flora Nogueira Matos, Cássia Regina Ramos Gonzaga, Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes, Rodrigo Hidalgo Friciello Teixeira
BACKGROUND: The Vieira's titi monkey (Plecturocebus vieirai) was recently described and characterized as endemic to Brazil. According to the IUCN red list, this species is classified as critically endangered (CR). At the date of the publication of this manuscript, there are no published data on the health aspects of this species. METHODS: For this study, the necropsy, and histopathological data of the mortality of P. vieirai at Sorocaba Zoo (São Paulo, Brazil) were collected and analyzed...
November 27, 2023: Journal of Medical Primatology