Infant and mother at Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Oesophagostomiasis in Non-Human Primates of Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Wild chimpanzees are often infected by the Oesophagostomum parasite, which is an intestinal worm. Infection withthis parasite can result in poor health in wild chimpanzees, including weight loss, diarrhea and abdominal pain. This study set out to better understand these infections in non-human primates at Gombe.
The team used data collected over 11 years to look for links between fecal parameters in living chimpanzees and lesions found in post-mortem examinations of those same chimpanzees. Click here to read what the researchers found out.
