TY  - JOUR
T1  - First Report of the Wild Tibetan Macaque (<I>Macaca thibetana</I>) as a New Primate Host of <I>Gongylonema pulchrum</I> with High Incidence in China
AU - Zhu, Yong AU - Ji, Huan AU - Li, Jin-Hua AU - Xia, Dong-Po AU - Sun, Bing-Hua AU - Xu, Yu-Rui AU - C. Kyes, Randall 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 24
SP  - 4514
EP  - 4518
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.4514.4518
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4514.4518
KW  - Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana)
KW  -primate host
KW  -Gongylonema pulchrum
KW  -high incidence
KW  -China
AB  - The gullet worm, <I>Gongylonema pulchrum</I> Molin, 1857, 
  a genus of nematodes belonging to the Superfamily Spiruroidea is a zoonosis 
  that occurs in the upper digestive tract of various mammals around the world. 
  The hosts of this nematode are only reported in few non-human primates and infestation 
  has not previously been reported in non-human primates in China. Researchers 
  collected 76 fresh fecal samples of Tibetan macaques during Nov. 2009 to Dec. 
  2009 and March 2010 to April 2010 using washing precipitation and saturated 
  saline flotation method for detection and identification of intestinal parasites 
  in macaques. The incidence of <I>G. pulchrum</I> infection was high to 31.58% 
  which was the highest incidence rate among the 9 species intestinal parasites 
  detected in Tibetan macaques. This research provides the first data concerning 
  high incidence of <I>G. pulchrum</I> in wild Tibetan macaques in China which 
  means enriched the host of the <I>G. pulchrum</I> in non-human primates. The 
  data would serve as a baseline for comparative assessments of disease risks, 
  especially in this well-known ecotourism site at Mt. Huangshan, China.
ER  -