What is your diagnosis? Fecal smear stained with Lugol's solution and Giemsa from a cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) presenting with liquid diarrhea

Vet Clin Pathol. 2014 Jun;43(2):293-4. doi: 10.1111/vcp.12128. Epub 2014 Mar 3.

Authors

Sergio Zanzani¹, Sara Epis, Claudio Bandi, Maria T Manfredi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 24588697
DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12128

No abstract available

Keywords: Blastocystis sp.; Macaca fascicularis; PCR; fecal smear; liquid diarrhea.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Blastocystis / genetics
Blastocystis / isolation & purification*
Blastocystis Infections / diagnosis
Blastocystis Infections / parasitology
Blastocystis Infections / veterinary*
DNA, Protozoan / chemistry
DNA, Protozoan / genetics
Diagnosis, Differential
Diarrhea / parasitology
Diarrhea / pathology
Diarrhea / veterinary*
Feces / parasitology
Female
Macaca fascicularis / parasitology*
Monkey Diseases / diagnosis*
Monkey Diseases / parasitology
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
Sequence Analysis, DNA / veterinary

Substances

DNA, Protozoan