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Mortality causes of owl monkeys (Aotus nancymae and Aotus vociferans) in captivity
1Center for Reproduction and Conservation of Non-Human Primates, Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura, Iquitos, Perú.
Journal of Medical Primatology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
To determine the main causes of death in "owl monkeys" (Aotus nancymae and A. vociferans) in captivity, 115 necropsies were performed. According to the macroscopic findings and clinical data, results are as follow: acute lobular pneumonia (25.2%), chronic nephropathy (10.4%), acute catarrhal enteritis (8.7%), acute hemorrhagic enteritis (7%), acute toxic hepatitis (5.2%), trauma (5.2%), and others.