Table 3.
Mean parasite ova/cyst per gram (OPG/CPG) feces of different parasite types infecting Macaca sinica aurifrons, M.s. sinica and M.s. opisthomelas in urban, suburban and wild habitats.
| Host |
Mean parasite OPG/CPG ± (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat type |
M.s. aurifrons |
M.s. sinica |
M.s. opisthomelas |
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| Parasite genera types | U | SU | W | U | SU | W | U | SU | W |
| Protozoan types | |||||||||
| Balantidium | 0.67± | 0.89± | – | – | – | – | 0.67a | 0.83± | 0.67a |
| (0.27) | (0.38) | – | – | – | – | – | (0.71) | – | |
| Isospora | 1.0a | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.33a | – |
| Entamoeba | – | – | – | 1.00a | – | 1.00a - | – | 0.67a | – |
| Endolimax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unidentified protozoa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.33a | – |
| Trematode types | |||||||||
| Unidentified Trematodes | – | – | – | – | 0.33a | – | 0.33a | – | – |
| Cestode types | |||||||||
| Diphyllobothrium | – | 1.33a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bertiella | – | – | – | – | 0.33a | – | – | – | – |
| Hymenolepis | – | – | – | – | 2.53± (1.42) | – | – | – | |
| Unidentified cestode | 2.00a | 1.00a | |||||||
| Nematode types | |||||||||
| Strongyloides | 3.33± | 1.72± | 1.00± | 4.35± | 5.14± | 1.14± | 4.83± | 1.41± | 0.67± |
| (1.42) | (1.14) | (0.51) | (5.33) | (5.81) | (0.77) | (7.67) | (0.96) | (0.37) | |
| Trichuris | 1.00± | – | 0.33± | 1.00± | 1.17± | 1.33± | 1.00a | 1.25± | – |
| (0.33) | (0) | (0.71) | (1.18) | (0.88) | (0.69) | – | |||
| Ascaris | 1.67a | – | 0.33± (0) | 1.33± | – | 0.67±(0.47) | 0.50±(0.24) | 0.83± | |
| – | – | (1.21) | – | (0.43) | |||||
| Strongyle/Hook worm | 1.50± | 2.00±(0.47) | – | 4.11± (2.41) | 4.33a | – | 2.07± (1.38) | 1.14± (0.43) | – |
| (0.88) | – | 0.67a | 0.33± | – | 1.00a | – | – | ||
| Oesophagostomum | 1.50± | – | – | (0) | – | – | 1.67a | – | |
| (0.69) | – | – | 1.33a | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Enterobius | – | – | – | – | – | 1.33a | – | ||
| Unidentified nematode | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Acanthocephalan type | |||||||||
| Moniliformis | 0.33a | 1.33a | – | – | |||||
| – | – | ||||||||
U-urban; S.U.- suburban; W- wild.
a
Infections were confined to a single individual macaque.