Presence and species identification of the gapeworm Mammomonogamus laryngeus (Railliet, 1899) (Syngamidae: Nematoda) in a semi-wild population of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) in Indonesia

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FOITOVÁ Ivona KOUBKOVÁ Božena BARUŠ Vlastimil NURCAHYO Wisnu

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Research in Veterinary Sciences
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.04.021
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.04.021
Field Zoology
Keywords orangutan; gapeworm; Mammomonogamus laryngeus; North Sumatra
Description One adult syngamid nematode parasite couple was found during routine clinical observation in quarantine at the former Bohorok Rehabilitation Station from sputum of Pongo abelli and determined as Mammomonogamus laryngeus [Railliet, A., 1899. Syngame laryngieu du boeuf. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances et Mémoires de la Société de Biologie 11, 18 to 21]. This finding confirmed previous record of ova and adult syngamid nematodes, determined by Collet et al. [Collet, J.Z., Galdikas, B.M.F., Sugarjito, J., Jojosudharmo, S., 1986. A coprological study of parasitism in orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Indonesia. Journal of Medical Primatology 15, 121to129] as Mammomonogamus sp. only, in orangutans kept in the Bohorok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (Northern Sumatra, Indonesia) and presented a serious health hazard to rehabilitants in this locality. Morphometrical features and the first description of the parasite from orang-utan were presented and documented. Coprological monitoring of infection in rehabilitants in this area as well as among the wild population of orangutan is necessary.
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