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

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 920-936

  Petrášová, Jana ^a   Modrý, David ^b   Huffman, Michael A ^c   Mapua, Mwanahamissi I ^d   Bobáková, Lucia ^d   Mazoch, Vladimír ^d   Singh, Jatinder ^e   Kaur, Taranjit ^e   Petrželková, Klára J ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Parasite; Parasite richness; Prevalence; Primate introduction

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMPATRY; TRANSLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; RUBONDO ISLAND; TANZANIA;

ANATRICHOSOMA; ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; CERCOPITHECUS PYGERYTHRUS; CHILOMASTIX; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS GUEREZA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTEROBIUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; PROTOSPIRURA MURICOLA; SPIRURIDA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDES; SUBULURA; TRICHURIS; TROGLODYTELLA;

EID: 77957153524     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9439-x     Document Type: Article

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