Retrospective study of the mortality of the Vieira's titi monkey (Plecturocebus vieirai) at the Sorocaba Zoo, Brazil.
Maraya Lincoln SilvaMayara Grego CaiaffaAndré Luiz Mota da CostaEduardo Ferreira MachadoTiciana Brasil ErvedosaPedro Enrique Navas SuárezJuliana Mariotti GuerraFlora Nogueira MatosCassia Regina Ramos GonzagaNatália Coelho Couto de Azevedo FernandesRodrigo Hidalgo Friciello TeixeiraPublished in: Journal of medical primatology (2023)
This study provides information regarding the pathological conditions of P. vieirai and points to urinary and gastrointestinal diseases as the main causes of death in this species at Sorocaba Zoo. These results can help veterinarians who have this species under their care diagnose and deal with it more quickly, increasing the probability of survival.