Baboons as potential reservoirs of zoonotic gastrointestinal parasite infections at Yankari National Park,Nigeria |
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Authors: | HB Mafuyai Y Barshep BS Audu D Kumbak TO Ojobe |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of Jos, PMB 2040, Plateau State, Nigeria |
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Abstract: | BackgroundZoonoses pose a risk to public health.ObjectiveTo carry out the investigation of the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of baboons, Papio anubis, frequenting the Wikki base Camp in Yankari National Park, NigeriaMethodFormol-ether concentration technique was used to isolate parasite eggs and cysts from faecal samples.ResultsParasites recovered were Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Strongyloides stercoralis, Fasciola sp, Schistosoma mansoni, Hymenolepis nana, and Trichostrongylus sp, and cysts of protozoan parasites Entomoeba histolytica, E. coli, and Iodamoeba butschii.ConclusionMost of the parasites identified are known to have high pathologic involvement in humans, implicating the baboons as potential source and reservoirs for human zoonotic parasitic infections although further molecular work would be necessary to ascertain if these gastrointestinal parasites are the same strains that infect humans |
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Keywords: | Papio anubis gastrointestinal parasites zoonoses Yankari |
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