Risk factors connected to gastrointestinal parasites in mantled Alouatta palliata mexicana and black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra living in continuous and in fragmented rainforests in Mexico

In this study we document the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites (helminths and protozoans) found in fecal samples of populations of Alouatta palliata mexicana and of A. pigra in Los Tuxtlas and in Palenque, southeast Mexico, and its relation to habitat condition, sex/age and season. Nineteen...

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Main Author: Genoveva TREJO-MACÍAS, Alejandro ESTRADA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012-06-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12039