Gastro-intestinal helminths in a natural population of Macaca sinica and Presbytis spp. at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Helminth parasites were identified in a natural population of primates at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Five fatally wounded or recently deceased toque macaques (Macaca sinica ) and three langurs (Presbytis senex and P. entellus ) were autopsied. The following nematodes were found: Oesophagostomum aculeat...

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Published in:	Primates Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 391 - 395
Main Authors:	Dewit, I, Dittus, WPJ, Vercruysse, J, Harris, E A, Gibson, DI
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-07-1991
Subjects:	Cestoda Nematoda Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
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Summary:	Helminth parasites were identified in a natural population of primates at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Five fatally wounded or recently deceased toque macaques (Macaca sinica ) and three langurs (Presbytis senex and P. entellus ) were autopsied. The following nematodes were found: Oesophagostomum aculeatum (Chabertiidae), Streptopharagus pigmentata (Spirocercidae), Physaloptera sp. (Spiruridae), Enterobius vermicularis (Oxyuridae), and Trichuris trichiura (Trichuridae). One cestode, Hymenolepis was also recovered from P. entellus . Among fresh faecal samples of 210 M. sinica , worm eggs of Oesophagostomum and Strongyloides were most abundant, followed by Trichostrongylus. Trichuris and Streptopharagus eggs were found occasionally.
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ISSN:	0032-8332
DOI:	10.1007/BF02382681