Surgical Treatment of Oesophagostomum spp. Nodular Infection in a Chimpanzee at the CIRMF Primatology Center, Gabon

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Microscopic image of representative strongylid egg found in feces of Cabinda chimpanzee, of nodules and a worm recovered. (a) Strongylid eggs recovered with the SF-Mc method. (b) Nodules attached on the mesentery. (c) Nodule attached to the descending colon with an adult worm extracted from the nodule. (d) Nodule recovered on the abdominal wall.

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