PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL HELMINTHS FROM A POPULATION OF WILD SPIDER MONKEYS ATELES BELZEBUTH CHAMEK IN MANU NATIONAL PARK, PERU

Authors

  • Farah Carrasco Departamento Académico de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1686-2249
  • Manuel Tantaleán Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú.
  • K. Nicole Gibson Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
  • Martha Williams Departamento académico de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3804-6472

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2008211130

Keywords:

Helminths, Nematoda, Primates, Atelidae, Ateles belzebuth chamek, National Parks, Peru.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to establish the prevalence of intestinal parasites in a protected
population of Ateles belzebuth chamek. Fecal samples were collected from 34 individuals in three social groups from one population at the Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Manu National Park, Peru. The samples were fixed in formalin (10%, 60 ºC) and analyzed by the Direct method and the Ritchie test for helminths. For protozoans, the samples were preserved in polyvinyl alcohol fixative (PVA) and were smeared and then stained with Tricrómica de Gomori. Laboratory analysis revealed that 76,4% (26/34) sampled individuals had parasites. Results included the identification of larvae or eggs of Strongyloides, Trichuris, Trypanoxyuris, strongyloid type, and one trematode of the Dicrocoeliidae, but not one species of protozoan.

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Published

2008-06-27

How to Cite

Carrasco, F. ., Tantaleán, M. ., Gibson, K. N. ., & Williams, M. . (2008). PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL HELMINTHS FROM A POPULATION OF WILD SPIDER MONKEYS ATELES BELZEBUTH CHAMEK IN MANU NATIONAL PARK, PERU. Neotropical Helminthology, 2(1), 19–26. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2008211130

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