PREVALENCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM IN MAMMALS HOUSED IN POZNAN ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, POLAND

At the Zoological Garden in Poznan, Poland, 66 stool specimens from an imals belonging to 40 species of 4 orders (Primates, Proboscidea, Peri ssodactyla and Artiodactyla) were examined for Cryptosporidium oocysts . Cryptosporidium oocysts were found in 7 of 66 faecal samples (9.1%) obtained from 6 different animal species. This is the first report of C. parvum in a lesser slow loris, white rhinoceros, Indian elephant an d Thorold's deer. The remaining Cryptosporidium-positive faecal specim ens were collected from Japanese macaque and Eld's deer.