Orangutan parasites

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Authors	FOITOVÁ Ivona
Year of publication	2015
Type	Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Description	Parasites can have significant impact on orangutan health and there are many noninvasive methods that can be used on both captive/center/wild orangutan populations. Our team collects behavioral data, fecal samples and phenology. The main aim is self-medication: most studies have been done on chimpanzees. There have been no documented cases of self-medication in orangutans. Looking currently at use of Sirih-sirih – Piper aduncum L Piperaceae. The most prevalent parasites seen in orangutans are: Balantidium spp. / Entamoeba spp. /m Trichuris sp. / Strongyloides sp. / Oesophagostomum sp. / Enterobiinae. A New species discovered Pongobius hugoti, Lemuricola pongoi.
Related projects:	Protizánětlivá aktivita extraktů z rostlin Indonésie a jejich účinek na průběh oportunních parazitóz