A preliminary parasitological analysis of fecal samples from a wild population of Costa Rican squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedi)

C C Appleton; S Boinski

A preliminary parasitological analysis of fecal samples from a wild population of Costa Rican squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedi)

J Med Primatol. 1991 Oct;20(8):402-3.

Authors

C C Appleton¹, S Boinski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

PMID: 1803011

Abstract

Fecal samples (n = 18) were obtained from a wild population of squirrel monkeys, Saimiri oerstedi, in Costa Rica. The parasite cysts, eggs, and larvae recovered from these samples are described.

MeSH terms

Acanthocephala / isolation & purification
Animals
Costa Rica / epidemiology
Feces / parasitology*
Helminthiasis / epidemiology
Helminthiasis, Animal
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary*
Monkey Diseases / epidemiology*
Nematode Infections / epidemiology
Nematode Infections / veterinary
Protozoan Infections / epidemiology
Protozoan Infections, Animal
Saimiri / parasitology*