Ms. Gomez et al., INTESTINAL PARASITISM - PROTOZOA AND HELMINTHS - IN PRIMATES AT THE BARCELONA-ZOO, Journal of medical primatology, 25(6), 1996, pp. 419-423
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.