Mushya: Lab Work and Follow-Up

After a brief break for lunch, Magda, Jean Felix and I met back in the lab to evaluate Mushya’s case. We spent the next five hours doing all we could to process and run the gorillas’ samples, but we ran out of energy before we could finish. I think we also felt a bit deflated when we didn’t find mites in the hair or skin samples.

But we did discover one new, important fact: Icyizere was anemic, too, although not as severely as Mushya. This meant the mother's health could also be a factor, something we hadn't suspected.