An eight-year survey of the intestinal parasites of carnivores, hoofed mammals, primates, ratites and reptiles in the Ljubljana zoo in Slovenia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62157124:16270/17:43875836

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.013" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.013</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.013" target="_blank" >10.14411/fp.2017.013</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An eight-year survey of the intestinal parasites of carnivores, hoofed mammals, primates, ratites and reptiles in the Ljubljana zoo in Slovenia

Original language description

Problems with parasitic infections and their interspecies transmissions are common in zoological gardens and could pose serious health damage to captive animals. This study presents results of eight-year monitoring of intestinal parasites in animals from Zoo Ljubljana, Slovenia. A total of 741 faecal samples from 40 animal species were collected two to four times per year and examined microscopically. Intestinal parasites were detected in 45% of samples, with detection of helminths (Cestoda, Nematoda - Ascaridida, Enoplida, Strongylida, Oxyurida, Rhabditida and Trichurida) and protists (Apicomplexa and Ciliophora) in 25% and 13% of samples, respectively; mixed infection was found in 7% of samples. The mostly infected were ungulates (61%), followed by reptiles (44%), ratites (29%), primates (22%) and carnivores (7%). During the observation period, the number of infected animal species increased from 8 to 25. This is the first long-term monitoring study of intestinal parasites in zoo animals from Slovenia. Routine monitoring of parasitic infection and regular deworming and hygienic measures are necessary to prevent gastrointestinal infections in captive animals.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Folia Parasitologica

ISSN

0015-5683

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

64

Issue of the periodical within the volume

APR 2017

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000401038900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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