Study on gastrointestinal parasite infection in primate at the Endangered primate rescue center (EPRC)

Abstract

Preliminary survey on prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in the primate species at Endangered
Primate Rescue Center (EPRC) was carried out. The studied results showed that the rate of primate
infected with parasites in the digestion tract was relatively high (accounted for 62.63%). Of which,
the infection rate with Strongyloides spp. was highest (48.48%) followed by Trichuris spp. (31.31%),
Ancylostoma spp. (8.08%) and Capilaria spp. (5.05%). The different primate species were infected
with parasites with different rate, The rate of langurs infected with parasites in the gastrointestinal
tract was higher than that of gibbon and loris.