First Report of the Wild Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana) as a New Primate Host of Gongylonema pul

• 作 者: ZhuYong[1]JiHuan[1]LiJin-hua[2]XiaDong-po[1]SunBing-hua[1]XuYu-rui[1]RandallC.Kyes[3]
• 机 构: School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, 230601 Hefei, China
• 出 处: 华东地区第13届实验动物科学学术交流会
• 发表日期: 2014年期

　　The gullet worm, Gongylonema pulchrum 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.We collected 76 fresh fecal samples of Tibetan macaques during Nov.2009-Dec.2009 and Mar.2010-Apr.2010, using washing precipitation and saturated saline flotation method for detection and identification of intestinal parasites in macaques.The incidence of G.pulchrum infection was high to 31.58%, which was the highest incidence rate among the 9 species intestinal parasites detected in Tibetan macaques.This work provides the first data concerning high incidence of G.pulchrum in wild Tibetan macaques in China, which means enriched the host of the G.pulchrum 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.