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Fatal Paratanaisia bragai (Digenea: Eucotylidae) infection in scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in Costa Rica
(Acta Parasitologica, 2015-06-16)
We report on four fatal cases of renal infection due to Paratanaisia bragai in scarlet macaws (Ara macao) from two rescue centres in Costa Rica. At necropsy, birds had severe dehydration and cachexia. Two birds had ...
Chromobacterium violaceum infection in a free ranging howler monkey in Costa Rica
(Wildlife Disease Association, 2010)
Chromobacterium violaceum is a gram-negative saprobe bacterium that is a rare opportunistic pathogen in mammals. There are numerous reports in humans including fatalities, but no record exists in free-ranging nonhuman ...
Boid inclusion body disease is also a disease of wild Boa Constrictors
(American Society for Microbiology, 2022-09-12)
Reptarenaviruses cause boid inclusion body disease (BIBD), a poten-
tially fatal disease, occurring in captive constrictor snakes boas and pythons
worldwide. Classical BIBD, characterized by the formation of pathognomonic ...