The risk of helminth infections at Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong National Park Vietnam

Abstract

To clarify the transmission route of parasitic infections in primates at Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong National Park, we investigated the prevalence of intestinal helminths in leaf and dog fecal samples collected in the surrounding areas of the center. By morphological analysis, only Ancylostoma spp. and Isospora spp. were detected in leaf samples, with the infection rate of 7.07% and 1.01% respectively. In addition, survey on 156 dog feces samples showed that the overall prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was quite high (73.55%). Ancylostoma spp has the highest prevalence (68.39%), followed by Toxocara spp. (25.81%), Trichuris spp. (10.97%), Isospora spp. (7.1%) and Taenia spp (3.87%).

Identification of Digestive Tract Worms in Javan Gibbons (Hylobates moloch) at Maharani Zoo

“…The disease that primates are susceptible to is helminthiasis. Helminthiasis is a worm infection in animals that can be caused by one or more types of worms (Vu et al, 2021). The types of worms that can infect primates are Trematode worms, Cestodes and Nematodes (Mattioli et al, 2016;Siagian et al, 2021).…”