INTESTINAL PARASITISM - PROTOZOA AND HELMINTHS - IN PRIMATES AT THE BARCELONA-ZOO

The faunistic results regarding intestinal parasitism by protozoa and helminths in 21 primate species (three Cebidae, thirteen Cercopithecid ae, one Hylobatidae, one Lemuridae, three Pongidae) are reported. The primate species were housed in four separate galleries. Six faecal sam ples of each host species were subjected to coprological analysis. Fif teen parasite species were detected: 11 protozoa (Entamoeba coli, E. c hattoni, E. hartmanni, lodamoeba butschlii, Endolimax nana, Giardia in testinalis, Chilomastix mesnilii, Enteromonas hominis, Trichomonas int estinalis, Balantidium coli, and Blastocystis hominis) and 4 helminths (Ancylostoma sp., Strongyloides fuelleborni, Strongyloides sp., and T richuris trichiura). The results reveal certain parasitic similarities between host species housed in the same gallery; however, these prima te species do not always carry identical parasite species.