A coprological survey of parasites of wild mantled howling monkeys, Alouatta palliata palliata.
| Data(s) |
01/10/1990
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| Formato |
547 - 549 |
| Identificador |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2250334 J Wildl Dis, 1990, 26 (4), pp. 547 - 549 0090-3558 |
| Relação |
J Wildl Dis 10.7589/0090-3558-26.4.547 10161/6316 http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6316 |
| Tipo |
Journal Article |
| Cobertura |
United States |
| Resumo |
Fecal samples from 155 mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata) examined at Centro Ecologico La Pacifica, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, revealed 75 (48%) had parasitic infections. A sampling of nine howling monkeys from Santa Rosa National Park. Costa Rica indicated only one infected animal (11%). Only three of 19 (16%) spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) also from Santa Rosa were infected. Controrchis biliophilus, Trypanoxyuris minutus, unidentified strongylid eggs and Isospora sp. oocysts were found. Three monkeys from La Pacifica died and were examined for adult helminths. They were infected with Ascaris lumbricoides, C. biliophilus and T. minutus. |
| Idioma(s) |
ENG |
| Palavras-Chave | #Alouatta #Animals #Costa Rica #Feces #Female #Helminthiasis #Helminthiasis, Animal #Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic #Male #Monkey Diseases #Protozoan Infections #Protozoan Infections, Animal |
