Intestinal parasites of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Ugalla - Tongwe Forest Reserve, Tanzania

0345593 - ÚBO 2011 CZ eng A - Abstrakt
Kalousová, Barbora - Pomajbíková, K. - Petrželková, Klára Judita - Piel, A. - Stewart, F. - Modrý, David
Intestinal parasites of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Ugalla - Tongwe Forest Reserve, Tanzania.
Zoologické dny Praha 2010: sborník abstraktů z konference 11.-12. února 2010. Brno: Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR, 2010 - (Bryja, J.; Zasadil, P.). s. 109-110. ISBN 978-80-87189-07-8.
[Zoologické dny. 11.02.2010-12.02.2010, Praha]
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA206/09/0927
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Klíčová slova: parasites * chimpanzee * Tanzania
Kód oboru RIV: EG - Zoologie
http://zoo.ivb.cz/doc/sborniky/sbornik_2010.pdf

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) live in various types of habitats, from humid evergreen forests, through mosaic woodland and deciduous forest, to dry savanna woodland. Little is currently known about the parasite fauna of chimpanzees from dry open habitats where chimpanzees live at population densities lower than at forested sites. We describe the results of parasite monitoring of chimpanzees occurring in Ugalla Tongwe Forest Reserve, Tanzania. The miombo woodland of Ugalla is one of the driest, most open and seasonal habitats in which chimpanzees are found. Using standard coproscopical methods (merthiolate-iodine formalin concentration and Sheather´s flotation) we analyzed 120 fecal samples fixed in 10% formaldehyde collected from October 2008 to August 2009. We identified six protozoan species including Blastocystis sp., entodiniomorph ciliates Troglodytella abrassarti and Troglocorys cava, amoebae Entamoeba coli, E. histolytica/dispar and Iodamoeba buetschlii and eggs of unidentified spirurid nematodes. We conclude that the parasite fauna of the Ugalla chimpanzees is different from other chimpanzees living in forested habitats. The most striking differences are (i) the absence of Strongyloides sp. and strongylid nematodes and (ii) relatively high prevalence of spirurid nematodes. Generally low parasite prevalence and the absence of some parasite taxa can be attributed to dry habitat and large home range of Ugalla chimpanzees.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0186831