NEMATODA PARASIT GASTROINTESTINAL Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii (Tiedemann, 1880) DI STASIUN RISET CABANG PANTI, TAMAN NASIONAL GUNUNG PALUNG
| Main Authors: | Ulda, Apriana, Saputra, Firman, Kustiati, Kustiati |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Tanjungpura
, 2022
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http://jurnal.untan.ac.id/index.php/jprb/article/view/59866 http://jurnal.untan.ac.id/index.php/jprb/article/view/59866/75676595317 |
Daftar Isi:
- The orangutans are one of the great apes whose existence is threatened with extinction. Infection from gastrointestinal nematodes is one of the inhibiting factors for the survival of orangutans. The study aims to find nematode parasites infection in orangutans. Observations were made by 27 fecal samples from 13 individual orangutans. All samples were analysed with qualitative methods (native, flotation, and sedimentation). The parasitic nematodes discovered were Ancylostomatidae (hookworm) (61%), Strongyloides stercoralis (61%), Mammomonogamus sp. (38%), Ternidens sp. (23%), Ascaris lumbricoides (23%), Trichuris trichiura (15%), and Trichostrongylus sp. (8%). This is the first study to identify Mammomonogamus sp. and Ternidens sp. in orangutan fecal samples from Gunung Palung National Park. Only about 4% of the 300 orangutans in Cabang Panti are known to be infected with gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes.