Prevalence of escherichia coli and salmonella spp. in captive niligiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) in south India

The Niligiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) is a threatened black faced colobine which is endemic to Western Ghats in south India. The present study is designed to study the bacterial flora of gut from this non-human primate. The captive non-human primates usually suffer from gastrointestinal disturbances which often go unnoticed but they harbor variety bacterial flora in the gut.