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Gastrointestinal strongyle infections in captive and wild elephants in Sri Lanka
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Abeysinghe, Kasun S. Perera, Apes Falcao Pastorini, Jennifer Isler, Karin Mammides, Christos Fernando, Prithiviraj |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | We assessed gastrointestinal strongyle prevalence and abundance in 141 captive Asian elephants under two management regimes and compared them to 50 wild elephants. Gastrointestinal nematode prevalence was found to be 38% in Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, 90% in privately owned and 100% in wild elephants. Mean number of larvae was 1.9 in Pinnawela, 108 in privately owned and 372 in wild elephants. Elephants being dewormed every 3 months had significantly less parasites than the ones on a 6-monthly regime. Variance in parasite prevalence and load is likely to be primarily related to differences in anthelmintic treatment, and secondarily to husbandry practices. © 2017 The Authors Open Access 22 Materials and methods |
| Starting Page | 21 |
| Ending Page | 27 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.5167/uzh-143670 |
| Volume Number | 46 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ccrsl.org/userobjects/2602_936_2017-Abeysinghe-DungParasites.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-143670 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
