A preliminary investigation on the gastrointestinal helminths of the Barbados green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus
Faecal samples were collected from fifty three freshly captured monkeys which were kept at the Barbados Primate Research Centre and Wildlife Reserve (BPRCWR). Examination of these samples for gastrointestinal helminths using the zinc sulphate floatation method revealed an overall infection rate of 88.7%.The parasites observed included Strongyloides (62.4%), Physaloptera (58.5%), Trichuris (52.8%), Hookworm (34.0%), Oesophagostomum (30.2%), Trichostrongylus (3.8%) and Ascaris (5.7%). No significant differences in overall prevalence were observed according to sex or age. Polyparasitism appeared... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 45, Iss 4, Pp 193-195 (2003) |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Schlagwörter: | Cercopithecus gastrointestinal helminths / Barbados / Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine / RC955-962 / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Link(s) : | https://doaj.org/article/25b2d8c0ea8b4b938d33eb59f25f3b51 |