Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. Infections in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bosco Nizeyi ◽  
Robert Mwebe ◽  
Ann Nanteza ◽  
Michael R. Cranfield ◽  
Gladys R. N. N. Kalema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorillas ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Occurrence and Molecular Analysis of Balantidium coli in Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1063-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Hassell ◽  
Damer P. Blake ◽  
Michael R. Cranfield ◽  
Jan Ramer ◽  
Jennifer N. Hogan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
National Park ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Balantidium Coli ◽  
Gorilla Beringei Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei

scholarly journals The rules and the reality of mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei tracking: how close do tourists get?

Oryx ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Sandbrook ◽  
Stuart Semple
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
National Park ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Close Encounters ◽  
Gorilla Beringei Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Risk Of Disease ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei ◽  
First Time

Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei tracking tourism generates important revenue for conservation efforts but brings with it the threat of disease transmission into the gorilla population. This study quantifies for the first time aspects of encounters between gorillas and tourists at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park that are likely to contribute to the risk of disease transmission. These include how close tourists get to gorillas, how close encounters are initiated, how long they last, and the age class of gorillas involved. Tourists got significantly closer to gorillas than the park rules allow (a mean of 2.76 m, compared to the rule of 7 m), and remained close for long periods. Contacts with the gorillas most vulnerable to disease, the juveniles, were closer but of shorter duration than those with adults. Contacts initiated by gorillas were closer but shorter than those initiated by tourists. Taken together these results demonstrate that the present rules are failing, and that the risk of disease transmission may be greater than previously believed.

Cryptosporidiosis in people sharing habitats with free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei), Uganda.

2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bosco Nizeyi ◽  
Thaddeus K Graczyk ◽  
Michael R Cranfield ◽  
Dennis Sebunya ◽  
Alexandre J Dasilva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorillas ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Free Ranging
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