Systemic T17 infection in a free-ranging two-toed sloth: case report and literature review of infections by free-living amebas in mammals.

A free-ranging, adult female two-toed sloth () was brought to a wildlife rescue center in Costa Rica with ocular and auricular myiasis and numerous skin lesions. After one month of unsuccessful systemic and topical antimicrobial treatment, the patient died. A postmortem examination was performed, and tissues were examined histologically, confirming disseminated amebic infection with intralesional trophozoites and cysts in the lungs, liver, eye, heart, spleen, and stomach.

Lingual neoplasia in nonhuman primates: Description of five cases and a literature review.

Background: Documentation of lingual tumors is scarce in nonhuman primates.

Methods: Through a multi-institutional retrospective study we compile cases of primary and metastatic neoplasia in non-human primates.

Results: We describe five cases of lingual neoplasia.

Equine infection with Leishmania spp. in Costa Rica: Study of five cases.

Background: Cutaneous forms of leishmaniosis due to Leishmania braziliensis have been reported in horses in the New World. Domestic animals play a role in the transmission of the disease. In Costa Rica, human cases of L.

Fatal Halicephalobus gingivalis infection in horses from Central America.

Halicephalobus gingivalis is a free-living nematode that causes an opportunistic infection in animals and humans. Two fatal cases of encephalitis and nephritis caused by H. gingivalis in equines from Costa Rica and Honduras are reported.

Sarcoids in two captive tapirs (Tapirus bairdii): clinical, pathological and molecular study.

This case report describes for the first time sarcoids in tapirs (Tapirus bairdii), namely, a 2-year-old male and a 3.6-year-old female born and housed at the same facility. The male presented with a 3-cm nodular, red, pedunculated, hairless, ulcerated mass on the inner surface of the left pinna.

Nasal rhinosporidiosis in a mule.

A mass was removed from the nostril of a mule that exhibited unilateral epistaxis and nasal discharge. Impression smears revealed oval structures consistent with spores of Rhinosporidium seeberi. Microscopically, the mass was composed of fibrovascular granulomatous tissue containing sporangia R.

Pulmonary sarcocystosis in a puppy with canine distemper in Costa Rica.

Canine distemper and pulmonary sarcocystosis were diagnosed in a 10-week-old Rottweiler with 4-day history of diarrhea, vomiting, and weakness. Microscopic examination of the lung revealed bronchointerstitial pneumonia typical of morbillivirus infection. Also, numerous apicomplexan parasites were scattered in the alveolar walls.