A study of bacterial contamination in feces of macaques in Lopburi Province, Thailand

摘要

Purpose: According to overlapping of living space and food, macaque monkeys, play a vital role in human-monkey conflict in some part of Thailand, especially Lopburi Province, where the monkey is symbol of Province. Pig-tailed macaques live in Erawan non-hunting area, Chongsarika Subdistrict destroy crops of local people nearby, while long-tailed macaques live in the property of people in the city of Lopburi as their own habitat. Community based resource management have been done by cooperation between key local authorities and community people for enhancing better quality of life of both human and monkeys.