Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania

0352043 - BC 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Petrášová, J. - Modrý, David - Huffman, M. A. - Mapua, Mwanahamissi Issa - Bobáková, Lucia - Mazoch, Vladimír - Singh, J. - Kaur, T. - Petrželková, Klára Judita
Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania.
International Journal of Primatology. Roč. 31, č. 5 (2010), s. 920-936. ISSN 0164-0291. E-ISSN 1573-8604
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA524/06/0264; GA ČR GA206/09/0927; GA AV ČR KJB600930615
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518; CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : Chimpanzee * Parasite * Parasite richness * Prevalence * Primate introduction
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
Impact factor: 1.793, year: 2010

Translocation programs releasing animals into the wild need to assess the potential risks associated with the exchange of parasites and other pathogens between native and translocated species. We assessed the composition of the parasite communities in sympatric native and introduced primates. Over a 3-yr period we monitored the gastrointestinal parasites of 3 primate species living in the isolated ecosystem of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania: translocated chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and guerezas (Colobus guereza) and the indigenous vervets (Chlorocebus aethiops pygerythrus).
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