title: Presence and species identification of the gapeworm Mammomonogamus laryngeus (Railliet, 1899) (Syngamidae: Nematoda) in a semi-wild population of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) in Indonesia.
abstract: One adult syngamid nematode parasite couple was found during routine clinical observation in quarantine at the former Bohorok Rehabilitation Station from sputum of Pongo abelli and determined as Mammomonogamus laryngeus [Railliet, A., 1899. Syngame laryngieu du boeuf. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances et Mémoires de la Société de Biologie 11, 18-21]. This finding confirmed previous record of ova and adult syngamid nematodes, determined by Collet et al. [Collet, J.-Z., Galdikas, B.M.F., Sugarjito, J., Jojosudharmo, S., 1986. A coprological study of parasitism in orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Indonesia. Journal of Medical Primatology 15, 121-129] as Mammomonogamus sp. only, in orangutans kept in the Bohorok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (Northern Sumatra, Indonesia) and presented a serious health hazard to rehabilitants in this locality. Morphometrical features and the first description of the parasite from orang-utan were presented and documented. Coprological monitoring of infection in rehabilitants in this area as well as among the wild population of orangutan is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlárská 2, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic. ivona_foi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Foitová
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koubková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barus
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nurcahyo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus / Q000469:parasitology*