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Volume 23, No. (3), 2013 (June)
BALANTIDIUM COLI INFECTION IN HAMADRYAS BABOON (PAPIO HAMADRYAS) IN SAUDI ARABIA: A CASE REPORT
O. Al-Tayib, K. A. Abdoun

O. Al-Tayib, K. A. Abdoun
1 Eng. A.B. Research Chair for Growth Factors and Bone Regeneration, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh,
2 Department of animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Corresponding Author: abdounn@yahoo.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 940-943
Published Online First: June 01, 2013
Publication Date: June 01, 2013
ABSTRACT

Blantidium coli (B. coli) is one of the most important causes of gastroenteritis in non human primates (NHPs), it mainly affects the colon of the host, and usually it is not pathogenic and due to the resistance of the host it rarely causes a serious disease. We here describe a case of Balantidium coli infection (Balantidiasis) in a 5 years old male hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) in a pet shop in Saudi Arabia. The baboon had shown loss of appetite, and watery diarrhea. Two days later he started vomiting, and had shown severe bloody diarrhea. Microscopical examination for fecal sample revealed ciliated protozoa identified as Balantidium coli, which confirmed the diagnosis of balantidiasis.
Keywords: Balantidium coli, hamadryas baboon, non-human primate, Saudi Arabia
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