Presenter’s Email: e.yalcindag@gmail.com Several pathogenic
parasites threaten great apes survival. Parasites are primarily
transmited between captive, semi captive and wild ape
populations, between apes and other wildlife species and/or
humans and their livestock. Several viral diseases and
parasitic infections have been well-studied in African apes.
However, the distribution and transmission of parasites in
orangutans, (the only non-African great apes), are still
comparatively poorly understood. Recently, the total number and
distribution of orangutans has reduced drastically, primarily
due to habitat lost. Several studies have been done on captive
and semi-captive species. Information from wild populations is
still missing. The aim of this study is to identify
Strongyloides species infecting wild and semi-wild orangutans
by carrying out PCR assays on 410 fecal samples collected by
the Orangutan Health Project. These samples have been collected
from 110 wild individual orangutans from 2004 to 2011 in 4
different sites in Indonesia from both Sumatra and Borneo. We
will investigate; which Strongyloides species naturally infect
orangutans and compare parasitic infection observed in the two
Orangutans species, Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus. Factors
including age, sex, time of year and population structure will
be investigated to identify any risk factors associated with
infection. Results will be discussed. The study was financially
supported by the UMI - Saving of Pongidae Foundation and partly
by GA P505/11/1163.
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