A preliminary investigation on the gastrointestinal helminths of the Barbados green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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45(4): 193-195, July-Aug. 2003. tab
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RESUMO
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 percent.The parasites observed included Strongyloides (62.4 percent), Physaloptera (58.5 percent), Trichuris (52.8 percent), Hookworm (34.0 percent), Oesophagostomum (30.2 percent), Trichostrongylus (3.8 percent) and Ascaris (5.7 percent). No significant differences in overall prevalence were observed according to sex or age. Polyparasitism appeared to be common as it was observed in 92.5 percent of all monkeys examined. It is concluded that these monkeys could act as reservoirs of some of the parasites which can infect man
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Main subject:
Helminthiasis, Animal
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Helminths
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
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Monkey Diseases
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Barbados
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English Caribbean
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Trinidad and Tobago
Institution/Affiliation country:
The University of The West Indies/TT
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