Investigation on Intestinal Parasite Infection of Rhinopithecus bieti
Author of the article:LI Yanpeng1,2, HE Xiaobin3, HE Xinming3, YANG Rong3, HE Yikai3, YANG Yimei4, CUI Liangwei1*, XIAO Wen2*
Author's Workplace：(1. Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; 2. Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali, Yunnan Province 671003, China; 3. Administration of Baimaxueshan National Nature Reserve, Diqing, Yunnan Province 674609, China; 4. Institute of Parasitology, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan Province 671003, China)
Key Words：Tacheng; Rhinopithecus bieti; intestinal parasite; infection
Abstract：To understand intestinal parasite infection of black-and-white snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus bieti, three methods (filter precipitate method, saturated brine flotation method, Kato’s thick smear method) were employed to exam parasite eggs in fecal samples. A total of 225 feces samples were collected from a group (90 individuals, occurs at Tacheng, Weixi, Yunnan) of black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys. Gender, unit, age and collecting time of each individual were recorded. The results showed that infection of Trichuris sp. was different between adult and juvenile; the infection of Ancylostoma sp. and Oesophagostomum sp. were seasonally different, the highest infect rate was observed in raining season. Moreover, Capillaria hepatica and Ascaris sp. were observed with low detection rate.