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Fatal pulmonary acariasis in an aged indoor rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

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AL Johnson

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School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

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Amanda L Johnson, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

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GD Simonek,

GD Simonek

School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

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RI Keesler,

RI Keesler

California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

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AL Johnson,

Corresponding Author

AL Johnson

[email protected]

School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

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Amanda L Johnson, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Email: [email protected]

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GD Simonek,

GD Simonek

School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

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RI Keesler,

RI Keesler

California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

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First published: 06 March 2017

https://doi.org/10.1111/jmp.12260

Citations: 3

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Abstract

Pulmonary acariasis is a sporadic, incidental finding in colony-raised rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Prophylactic treatment in indoor-raised and indoor-housed macaques is not routine due to low prevalence, lack of clinical significance, and potential risk of toxicosis. This case is an unusually severe infestation of Pneumonyssus simicola in an indoor-housed rhesus macaque, which ultimately resulted in this animal's death.

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