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Coprological Surveys of Alouatta pigra at Two Sites in Belize |
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| Authors: | Katherine A Eckert Nina E Hahn Andrew Genz Dawn M Kitchen Michael D Stuart Gary A Averbeck Bert E Stromberg Hal Markowitz |
| Institution: | (1) San Francisco State University, Department of Biology, San Francisco, California, USA;(2) University of California, Berkeley Office of Laboratory Animal Care, Berkeley, California, USA;(3) Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA;(4) The Ohio State University, Department of Anthropology, Columbus, Ohio, USA;(5) University of North Carolina, Asheville, Department of Biology, Asheville, North Carolina, USA;(6) University of Minnesota, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA;(7) Office of the Dean Student Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis California, 95616, USA |
| Abstract: | Fecal samples were collected from black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in north central Belize and analyzed for evidence of endoparasite life stages. At least six types of endoparasites were found in Alouatta pigra fecal samples collected in the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve and the Community Baboon Sanctuary in 1999. These include a digenean trematode, an oxyurid nematode, a strongyle-type nematode, an ascarid presumed to be Ascaris sp., Entamoeba coli and Iodamoeba bütschlii. Higher trematode prevalence was found in adult Alouatta pigra compared to juveniles and higher prevalence of nematode larvae in all animals was found in the wet season compared to the dry season. |
| Keywords: | Alouatta pigra belize disease parasite prevalence |
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