Zoos Print Journal · 1999 · 16 citations · 1 references
Veterinary MedicineBiologyZoologyHelminthologyParasitologyWildlife ParasitologyParasitic Diseases Of WildlifeParasitic ZoonosesProtozoan ZoonosesWildlife HelminthologyWildlife Parasite EcologyZoonotic Parasitic DiseasesHelminthic PathologyHelminthic Tissue InfectionsParasitic Zoonoses In WildlifeWildlife Helminth Parasite DiversityWildlife HelminthiasisWildlife Protozoan InfectionsZoonotic Protozoan Infections
A survey of parasites of wild mammals in the Zoological Garden, Thiruvananthapuram, based on faecal examination revealed that 74 per cent of the wild animals were harbouring helminthic infections including protozoan infections in 23 per cent of the cases. Strongyle, amphistome, Strongyloides and Fasciola in herbivores, Ancylostoma, Toxascaris, Diphyllobothrium and Paragonimus in carnivores and strongyle, Strongyloides and Hymenolepis in omnivores were the infections noted to be specifically present.
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