Montali R J, Gardiner C H, Evans R E, Bush M
Lab Anim Sci. 1983 Apr;33(2):194-7.
Pterygodermatites nycticebi (syn Rictularia nycticebi), a spirurid nematode first described in the slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), recently has been associated with morbidity and mortality in the golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia) collection at the National Zoological Park. Adult worms were found in the lumen of the small intestine with their anterior ends embedded in the mucosa. Larvae, when present, were deeper in the submucosa. A few heavily infected animals developed profound weakness, anemia, and hypoproteinemia. Infective larvae of Pterygodermatites nycticebi developed in laboratory-reared German cockroaches (Blatella germanica) that were fed tamarin feces containing eggs of Pterygodermatites nycticebi. Wild-caught German cockroaches also were found to harbor these infective larvae which implicates this ubiquitous pest as an intermediate host. Effective control of Pterygodermatites nycticebi has been achieved by regular fecal screening of all callitrichids for spirurid eggs and biannual prophylaxis with mebendazole at 40 mg/kg, as well as a rigorous cockroach extermination program.
懒猴翼皮螨（同物异名：懒猴钩头线虫）是一种旋尾目线虫，最初在懒猴（蜂猴）中被描述，最近在美国国家动物园的金狮狨猴（金头狮面狨指名亚种）种群中，它与发病和死亡有关。成虫发现于小肠腔内，前端埋于黏膜中。幼虫若存在，则更深地位于黏膜下层。一些感染严重的动物出现严重虚弱、贫血和低蛋白血症。懒猴翼皮螨的感染性幼虫在实验室饲养的德国小蠊体内发育，这些德国小蠊喂食含有懒猴翼皮螨虫卵的狨猴粪便。野外捕获的德国小蠊也被发现携带这些感染性幼虫，这表明这种无处不在的害虫是中间宿主。通过定期对所有绢毛猴科动物进行粪便螺旋线虫卵筛查，以及每半年以40mg/kg的剂量使用甲苯达唑进行预防，同时实施严格的蟑螂灭除计划，懒猴翼皮螨得到了有效控制。
