A total of 52 fecal samples were collected from 21 herbivores at Dhaka zoo during January to May, 2012 to investigate the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of herbivores. Overall prevalence of parasitic infection was 76.9%, of which 61.5% were positive for helminths and 55.8% were positive for protozoa. The identified parasites were Balantidium coli (55.8%), Paramphistomum sp. (36.5%), F...

parts of salt solution. But when faeces from the monkey Silenus (Macacus) rhesus, which are invariably crammed with blastocystis, are inoculated into the above medium and incubated at 37?C.?the optimum temperature for growth of most of the intestinal protozoa of warm-blooded hosts?the fungus develops with very great rapidity, with consequent destruction of any Balantidium coli which may be pres...

background: balantidium coli infects humans, primates and pigs, causing serious diarrhea and dysentery. little information on the prevalence of b. coli in primates is available in china. this investigation was conducted to determine the prevalence of b. coli infection in bred rhesus monkeys in guangxi zhuang nationality autono-mous region (gznar), southern china. methods: a total of 120 fecal s...

abstract balantidium coli is a ciliate intestinal protozoan with a wide host range in vertebrates, e.g. pigs, cattle, chimpanzees, and more rarely, dogs, cats, sheep, horses, and camels. this parasite causes clinical manifestation from asymptomatic to serious dysenteric forms. a total of 200 cattle were randomly selected from traditional farms of darab city for a period of six month from januar...

A total of 238 pig fecal specimens were collected from pig farms in Corlu (Tekirdağ), Ayazma, and Arnavutköy (Istanbul) during the summer. Out of the 238 pig specimens, 105 were from pigs younger than 6 months and 133 from pigs older than 6 months. These were investigated for intestine parasites in particular the ones that are human pathogens. Cryptosporidium spp. was detected In 21 fecal speci...