Gastrointestinal parasites of critically endangered primates endemic to Tana River, Kenya: Tana River red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus) and crested mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 928-932

  Mbora, David N M ^a,b   Munene, Elephas ^c  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b Tana River Primate National Reserve   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREST; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; KENYA; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITISM; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER;

ANIMALS; CERCOCEBUS; COLOBUS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; COLOBUS; NEMATODA; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33845245847     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-798R1.1     Document Type: Article

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