Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania

0307392 - ÚBO 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Petrželková, Klára Judita - Hasegawa, H. - Appleton, C. C. - Huffman, M. A. - Archer, C. E. - Moscovice, L. R. - Mapua, Mwanahamissi Issa - Singh, J. - Kaur, T.
Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania.
American Journal of Primatology. Roč. 72, č. 4 (2010), s. 307-316. ISSN 0275-2565. E-ISSN 1098-2345
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA524/06/0264; GA ČR GA206/09/0927; GA AV ČR KJB600930615
Grant - others:GA AV ČR(CZ) I028-Z6093917
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Keywords : novel parasite species infections * prevalence * long-term monitoring * parasite ecology * species introduction
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
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We describe the results of long-term monitoring of the intestinal parasite fauna of an unprovisioned, reproducing population of chimpanzees introduced onto Rubondo Island in Tanzania, a non-native habitat for chimpanzees. Two parasitological surveys identified Entamoeba spp. including E. coli, Iodamoeba buetschlii, Troglodytella abrassarti, Chilomastix mesnili, Trichuris sp., Anatrichosoma sp., Strongyloides spp., Strongylida fam. gen. sp., Enterobius anthropopitheci, Subulura sp., Ascarididae gen. sp., and Protospirura muricola. The parasite fauna of the Rubondo chimpanzees is similar to wild chimpanzees living in their natural habitats, but Rubondo chimpanzees have a lower prevalence of strongylids and a higher prevalence of E. anthropopitheci than reported elsewhere. Species prevalence was similar between our two surveys, with the exception of Strongyloides spp. being higher in the first survey. None of these species are considered to pose a serious health risk to chimpanzees.
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