A coprological survey of parasites of wild mantled howling monkeys, Alouatta palliata palliata.
Abstract
Fecal samples from 155 mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata) examined
at Centro Ecologico La Pacifica, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, revealed 75 (48%)
had parasitic infections. A sampling of nine howling monkeys from Santa Rosa National
Park. Costa Rica indicated only one infected animal (11%). Only three of 19 (16%)
spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) also from Santa Rosa were infected. Controrchis
biliophilus, Trypanoxyuris minutus, unidentified strongylid eggs and Isospora sp.
oocysts were found. Three monkeys from La Pacifica died and were examined for adult
helminths. They were infected with Ascaris lumbricoides, C. biliophilus and T. minutus.
Type
Journal articleSubject
AlouattaAnimals
Costa Rica
Feces
Female
Helminthiasis
Helminthiasis, Animal
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
Male
Monkey Diseases
Protozoan Infections
Protozoan Infections, Animal
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10.7589/0090-3558-26.4.547Publication Info
(1990). A coprological survey of parasites of wild mantled howling monkeys, Alouatta palliata
palliata. J Wildl Dis, 26(4). pp. 547-549. 10.7589/0090-3558-26.4.547. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6303.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Kenneth Earl Glander
Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Anthropology
Primate ecology and social organization: the interaction between feeding patterns
and social structure; evolutionary development of optimal group size and composition;
factors affecting short and long-term demographic changes in stable groups; primate
use of regenerating forests.
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