Background: Zoonoses pose a risk to public health. Objective: To carry
out the investigation of the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites
of baboons, Papio anubis , frequenting the Wikki base Camp in Yankari
National Park, Nigeria Method: Formol-ether concentration technique was
used to isolate parasite eggs and cysts from faecal samples. Results:
Parasites recovered were Ascaris lumbricoides , Ancylostoma duodenale
, Strongyloides stercoralis , Fasciola sp, Schistosoma mansoni ,
Hymenolepis nana , and Trichostrongylus sp, and cysts of protozoan
parasites Entomoeba histolytica , E. coli , and Iodamoeba butschii .
Conclusion: Most of the parasites identified are known to have high
pathologic involvement in humans, implicating the baboons as potential
source and reservoirs for human zoonotic parasitic infections although
further molecular work would be necessary to ascertain if these
gastrointestinal parasites are the same strains that infect human
