Parasitic Infection of Animals in the University of Ibadan Zoo

Abstract

Examinations of faecal specimens from animals in the University of Ibadan Zoo and post-mortem findings on some dead animals between July 1966 and March 1971 have revealed a number of protozoan and helminth infections. These range from such zoonoses as amoebiasis {Entamoeba histolytica infection) in Gorilla gorilla gorilla (gorilla), and Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) and hydatidosis (Echinococctts granulosus cyst) in Camel us dromedarius (camel) to such common infections as ancylostomiasis, oesophagostomiasis and strongyloidiasis in Z>« throcebus patas (Patas monkey), the gorilla, chimpanzee and Panthera leo (lionV Cases of ascariasis in apes, lions and fatal cases of trichuriasis and malaria i: Patas monkeys are recorded. The frequency of re-infection after treatment and the public health importance of the zoonoses are discussed