Posts Tagged ‘animal mycoses’
In an unusual case of mycosis, a monkey at the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee has died after contracting an infection with the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. The case is all the more sad since the animal was a rare cottontop tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) born in captivity, only just last May. According to Endangered monkey dies [...]
Tags: animal mycoses, cottontop tamarin, cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus neoformans
