Anoplocephalid tapeworms in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) inhabiting the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16170%2F23%3A43880722" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16170/23:43880722 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://10.1017/S0031182023001178" target="_blank" >http://10.1017/S0031182023001178</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001178" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0031182023001178</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Anoplocephalid tapeworms in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) inhabiting the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Original language description
Cestodes of the family Anoplocephalidae parasitize a wide range of usually herbivorous hosts including e.g., rodents, ungulates, primates, elephants, and hyraxes. While in some hosts, the epidemiology of the infection is well studied, information is lacking in others. In this study of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif, an extensive sample set comprising adult cestodes collected via necropsies, proglottids shed in faeces, and finally, faecal samples from both night nests and identified individuals were analyzed. Anoplocephala gorillae was the dominant cestode species detected in night nest samples and individually-known gorillas, of which only one individual hosted a Bertiella sp. It was shown that the two species can be distinguished through microscopy based on egg morphology and provide PCR assays for diagnostics of both species. Sequences of mitochondrial (cox 1) and nuclear (ITS1, 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA) markers were used to evaluate the phylogenetic position of the two cestodes detected in mountain gorillas. Both types of faecal samples, from night nests and from identified individuals, provided comparable information about the prevalence of anoplocephalid cestodes, although the analysis of samples collected from identified gorilla individuals showed significant intra-individual fluctuation of A. gorillae egg shedding within a short period. Therefore, multiple samples should be examined to obtain reliable data for wildlife health management programs, especially when application of anthelmintic treatment is considered. However, while A. gorillae is apparently a common symbiont of mountain gorillas it does not seem to impair the health of its host.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-24345S" target="_blank" >GA18-24345S: Epidemiology and pathological effects of gastrointestinal helminthiases in critically endangered mountain gorillas</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Parasitology
ISSN
0031-1820
e-ISSN
1469-8161
Volume of the periodical
Neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Nov 2023
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
52
Pages from-to
1-52
UT code for WoS article
001157514900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85179118361