Yellow fever and howler botfly reported by Dr. Pastor Moreno

Dr. Pastor Moreno is a veterinary of the Agropecuary Development Ministery of Panama, he reported here 20 howler monkeys from Azuero that die in Arenas de Quebro. Based on his experience and observations, his diagnosis was Forest Yellow fever. He also report for the first time the presence of botfly in Azuero howlers that later was identified by our group as Alouattamyia baeri, a botfly that parasite only howler monkeys. The area is border of the Cerro Hoya National Park, Veraguas Province (SE), Panama.Interview by :Pedro Mendez-Carvajal, Ivelisse Ruiz-Bernard, Somaly Silva and Valeria Franco.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: September 23, 2007 at 10:42 am
Author: atelesaz

Length: 04:07
Rating: 5.00
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Tags: Alouattamyia  Azuero  baeri  botfly  howler  monkey  parasitism  

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