SOME PARASITES FROM SUMATRAN ELEPHANTS IN INDONESIA

Authors
MATSUO K SUPRAHMAN H
Citation
K. Matsuo et H. Suprahman, SOME PARASITES FROM SUMATRAN ELEPHANTS IN INDONESIA, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 64(2), 1997, pp. 298-299
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
298 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1997)64:2<298:SPFSEI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Three sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Way Kambas Na tional Park, Indonesia, that died of clostridiosis were infected with 1 species of nematode (Murshida falcifera (Cobbold, 1882)), 2 trematod es (Hawkesius hawkesi (Cobbold, 1875), Pfenderius papillatus (Cobbold, 1882)), and 1 larval botfly (Cobboldia elephantis (Steel, 1878)) spec ies in the gastrointestinal tract. This is the first report of Hawkesi us hawkesi, P. papillatus, and C. elephantis infection in Sumatran ele phants in Indonesia.