Unveiling a novel parasitosis: Trichostrongylus colubriformis infection in captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta).

ABSTRACT: Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) is the only surviving semi-terrestrial diurnal lemur in Madagascar. Despite being the most intensively studied of lemur taxa, only a few helminths have been described in this species. In this study we describe a persistent infection due to Trichostrongylus colubriformis in a captive population of L. catta hosted in a zoological park of northern Italy. In the context of a parasitological survey on zoo animals, we investigated parasites in a captive colony of ring-tailed lemurs within a zoological park. Parasitological analysis included necropsy of a deceased lemur in 2019, subsequent fecal sample collections in 2021-2022, followed by coprological examination and coprocolture. Morphological and molecular analyses were conducted on adult he

SUBMITTER: Dini FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10711362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature