Sparganosis in non-human primates

Abstract

The spargana were recovered from two vervets (Cer-copithecus aethiops), one olive baboon (Papio anubis anubis), and one Highland syke (Cercopithecus mi¬tis albortorquas). The animals were in good physical condition and, upon opening the abdominal cavities, numerous unattached white and soft, ribbon-like, motile tape-worm larvae were found (Fig. 1). Many were lying on the mesentery and on most of the abdominal organs, and some were found unattached on the ab¬dominal muscles and subcutaneous tissues.