title: A study of parasitic infections in mammals and birds at the Dublin Zoological Gardens.
abstract: The present report deals with the parasitic infections detected on examination of fresh faecal samples of 48 mammals and 4 birds at the Zoological Gardens, Dublin during 1978-79. 1,822 faecal samples were received over the two year period and 171 of these samples contained helminth eggs. Ninety-five percent of these positive findings were confined to the Carnivore and Herbivore groups with the Primates, Marsupials and Avians showing a low level of intestinal parasites.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D001717:Birds; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D007494:Ireland; D008322:Mammals; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity