| discrepancies in the occurrence of balantidium coli between wild and captive african great apes. | balantidium coli is a ciliate reported in many mammalian species, including african great apes. in the former, asymptomatic infections as well as clinical balantidiasis have been reported in captivity. we carried out a cross-sectional study of b. coli in african great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, and both species of gorillas) and examined 1,161 fecal samples from 28 captive facilities in europe, plus 2 sanctuaries and 11 wild sites in africa. samples were analyzed with the use of sheather's flota ... | 2010 | 21158624 |