Geophagy as a therapeutic mediator of endoparasitism in a free-ranging group of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-82

  Knezevich, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cayo Santiago; Endoparasites; Free ranging; Geophagy; Rhesus monkeys; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN;

ENDOPARASITISM; GEOPHAGY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RHESUS MACAQUES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PICA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SOIL; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KAOLIN; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PICA; PREVALENCE; SOIL; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALIA; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM COLI; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PICA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES FUELLEBORNI; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0031984271     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)44:1<71::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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