MEDICAL-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF INTESTINAL INFECTION BY IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES FROM COSTA RICA.

Parasitism is one of the most important diseases in nonhuman primates (NHP). Parasitism by can be a threat to health and conservation of NHP in Costa Rica. Surgical management of intestinal acanthocephalan infection in two squirrel monkeys () and one white-faced monkey () is described as an alternative to the lack of pharmacologic control options when there is a high burden of parasites present.