Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: primatology
Department: Department of Mammal Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 549
E-mail: petrzelkovaivb.cz

Projects

Ciliates of genus Troglodytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes

Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania

Gastrointestinal ciliates and their role in digestion of great apes

Publications

2011

T. KAUR, J. SINGH, M. A. HUFFMAN, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. TAYLOR, S. XU, F. E. DEWHIRST, B. J. PASTER, L. DEBRUYNE, P. VANDAMME, J. G. FOX: Campylobacter troglodytis sp. nov., isolated from feces of human-habituated wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77 (2011) 2366-2373.

I. PROFOUSOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Survival and morphologic changes of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in chimpanzee feces, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42 (2011) 69-74.

B. SAK, M. KVÁČ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, D. KVĚTOŇOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, M. MULAMA, J. KIYANG, D. MODRÝ: Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?, Folia Parasitologica 58 (2011) 81-86.

P. ŠIROKÝ, J. ERHART, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER: Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions, Experimental and Applied Acarology 54 (2011) .

2010

J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, M. A. HUFFMAN, M. MAPUA, L. BOBÁKOVÁ, V. MAZOCH, J. SINGH, T. KAUR, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 31 (2010) 920-936.

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, C. C. APPLETON, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. E. ARCHER, L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. MAPUA, J. SINGH, T. KAUR: Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 72 (2010) 307-316.

K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Discrepancies in the occurrence of Balantidium coli between wild and captive African great apes, Journal of Parasitology 96 (2010) 1139-1144.

K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: A survey of entodiniomorphid ciliates in chimpanzees and bonobos, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142 (2010) 42-48.

M. SLOBODA, A. D. MIHALCA, I. FALKA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. CARLSSON, I. GHIRA, D. MODRÝ: Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes, Ecological Research 25 (2010) 469-473.

T. TOKIWA, D. MODRÝ, A. ITO, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, S. IMAI: A new entodiniomorphid ciliate, Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp., from the wild eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) from Uganda, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57 (2010) 115-120.

2009

S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, P. PRISTAŠ, M. PIKNOVÁ, K. NIGUTOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, K. SCHOVANCOVÁ, J. KAMLER, D. MODRÝ: Effects of high- and low-fiber diets on fecal fermentation and fecal microbial populations of captive chimpanzees, American Journal of Primatology 71 (2009) 548-557.

D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, T. TOKIWA, J. KŘÍŽEK, S. IMAI, P. VALLO, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. ŠLAPETA: The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56 (2009) 83-87.

2008

D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. JIRKŮ, P. KOUBEK: Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, Systematic Parasitology 71 (2008) 223-228.

2007

L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. H. ISSA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. KEULER, C. T. SNOWDON, M. A. HUFFMAN: Fruit availability, chimpanzee diet, and grouping patterns on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 69 (2007) 1-16.

2006

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. C. DOWNS, J. ZUKAL, P. A. RACEY: A comparison between emergence and return activity in pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus, Acta Chiropterologica 8 (2006) 381-390.

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, L. R. MOSCOVICE, T. KAUR, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN: Parasitic nematodes in the chimpanzee population on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 27 (2006) 767-777.

P. ŠIROKÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER, A. D. MIHALCA, D. MODRÝ: Hyalomma aegyptium as dominant tick in tortoises of the genus Testudo in Balkan countries, with notes on its host preferences, Experimental and Applied Acarology 40 (2006) 279-290.

2005

H. HASEGAWA, Y. IKEDA, A. FUJISAKI, L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, T. KAUR, M. A. HUFFMAN: Morphology of chimpanzee pinworms, Enterobius (Enterobius) anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), collected from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, on Rubondo island, Tanzania, Journal of Parasitology 91 (2005) 1314-1317.

2004

L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. T. SNOWDON, F. MBAGO, T. KAUR, J. SINGH, G. GRAZIANI: Role of lianas for introduced chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, Folia Primatologica 75 (2004) 308.

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. OBUCH, J. ZUKAL: Does the barn owl (Tyto alba) selectively predate individual great mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)?, Lynx 35 (2004) 123-132.

2003

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. ZUKAL: Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?, Acta Chiropterologica 5 (2003) 177-184.

R. TRNKA, R. MARVÁN, S. LHOTA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: "Malování" exkrementy a koprofagie u šimpanze učenlivého (Pan troglodytes) a dalších primátů - možné příčiny a vysvětlení, Gazella 30 (2003) 55-68.

2001

KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. ZUKAL: Emergence behaviour of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) under predation risk, Netherlands Journal of Zoology 51 (2001) 395-414.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE LINKS BIENNIAL REPORT	Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D. Position: research scientist Research topics: primatology Department: Department of Mammal Ecology Phone: +420 543 422 549 E-mail: petrzelkovaivb.cz Projects Ciliates of genus Troglodytella: pathogens or endosymbionts? Novel approach towards veterinary care and understanding digestion in apes Feeding behaviour, parasite infections and self-medicative abilities of an introduced chimpanzee population, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania Gastrointestinal ciliates and their role in digestion of great apes Publications 2011 T. KAUR, J. SINGH, M. A. HUFFMAN, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. TAYLOR, S. XU, F. E. DEWHIRST, B. J. PASTER, L. DEBRUYNE, P. VANDAMME, J. G. FOX: Campylobacter troglodytis sp. nov., isolated from feces of human-habituated wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77 (2011) 2366-2373. I. PROFOUSOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Survival and morphologic changes of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in chimpanzee feces, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42 (2011) 69-74. B. SAK, M. KVÁČ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, D. KVĚTOŇOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, M. MULAMA, J. KIYANG, D. MODRÝ: Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?, Folia Parasitologica 58 (2011) 81-86. P. ŠIROKÝ, J. ERHART, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER: Life cycle of tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium under laboratory conditions, Experimental and Applied Acarology 54 (2011) . 2010 J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ, M. A. HUFFMAN, M. MAPUA, L. BOBÁKOVÁ, V. MAZOCH, J. SINGH, T. KAUR, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: Gastrointestinal Parasites of Indigenous and Introduced Primate Species of Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 31 (2010) 920-936. KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, C. C. APPLETON, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. E. ARCHER, L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. MAPUA, J. SINGH, T. KAUR: Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 72 (2010) 307-316. K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: Discrepancies in the occurrence of Balantidium coli between wild and captive African great apes, Journal of Parasitology 96 (2010) 1139-1144. K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. PETRÁŠOVÁ, S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, D. MODRÝ: A survey of entodiniomorphid ciliates in chimpanzees and bonobos, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142 (2010) 42-48. M. SLOBODA, A. D. MIHALCA, I. FALKA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. CARLSSON, I. GHIRA, D. MODRÝ: Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes, Ecological Research 25 (2010) 469-473. T. TOKIWA, D. MODRÝ, A. ITO, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, S. IMAI: A new entodiniomorphid ciliate, Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp., from the wild eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) from Uganda, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57 (2010) 115-120. 2009 S. KIŠIDAYOVÁ, Z. VÁRADYOVÁ, P. PRISTAŠ, M. PIKNOVÁ, K. NIGUTOVÁ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, K. SCHOVANCOVÁ, J. KAMLER, D. MODRÝ: Effects of high- and low-fiber diets on fecal fermentation and fecal microbial populations of captive chimpanzees, American Journal of Primatology 71 (2009) 548-557. D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, K. POMAJBÍKOVÁ, T. TOKIWA, J. KŘÍŽEK, S. IMAI, P. VALLO, I. PROFOUSOVÁ, J. ŠLAPETA: The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56 (2009) 83-87. 2008 D. MODRÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. JIRKŮ, P. KOUBEK: Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, Systematic Parasitology 71 (2008) 223-228. 2007 L. R. MOSCOVICE, M. H. ISSA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. S. KEULER, C. T. SNOWDON, M. A. HUFFMAN: Fruit availability, chimpanzee diet, and grouping patterns on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, American Journal of Primatology 69 (2007) 1-16. 2006 KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, N. C. DOWNS, J. ZUKAL, P. A. RACEY: A comparison between emergence and return activity in pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus, Acta Chiropterologica 8 (2006) 381-390. KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, H. HASEGAWA, L. R. MOSCOVICE, T. KAUR, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN: Parasitic nematodes in the chimpanzee population on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, International Journal of Primatology 27 (2006) 767-777. P. ŠIROKÝ, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. KAMLER, A. D. MIHALCA, D. MODRÝ: Hyalomma aegyptium as dominant tick in tortoises of the genus Testudo in Balkan countries, with notes on its host preferences, Experimental and Applied Acarology 40 (2006) 279-290. 2005 H. HASEGAWA, Y. IKEDA, A. FUJISAKI, L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, T. KAUR, M. A. HUFFMAN: Morphology of chimpanzee pinworms, Enterobius (Enterobius) anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), collected from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, on Rubondo island, Tanzania, Journal of Parasitology 91 (2005) 1314-1317. 2004 L. R. MOSCOVICE, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, M. H. ISSA, M. A. HUFFMAN, C. T. SNOWDON, F. MBAGO, T. KAUR, J. SINGH, G. GRAZIANI: Role of lianas for introduced chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) on Rubondo Island, Tanzania, Folia Primatologica 75 (2004) 308. KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. OBUCH, J. ZUKAL: Does the barn owl (Tyto alba) selectively predate individual great mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)?, Lynx 35 (2004) 123-132. 2003 KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. ZUKAL: Does a live barn owl (Tyto alba) affect emergence behavior of serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus)?, Acta Chiropterologica 5 (2003) 177-184. R. TRNKA, R. MARVÁN, S. LHOTA, KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ: "Malování" exkrementy a koprofagie u šimpanze učenlivého (Pan troglodytes) a dalších primátů - možné příčiny a vysvětlení, Gazella 30 (2003) 55-68. 2001 KLÁRA J. PETRŽELKOVÁ, J. ZUKAL: Emergence behaviour of the serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) under predation risk, Netherlands Journal of Zoology 51 (2001) 395-414.