Throughout their range in India, rhesus inhabits in the vicinity of human being and getting up
to 93% of their diet from human sources, either from direct handouts or from agricultural
sources. This has led man and monkey into unavoidable competition for space and other
resources (Imam et al. 2002). Monkeys are reported to be in hostile range of humans not only
because they are damaging crops and house-hold, but also vectors of various diseases. One of
the most common threats for human health is monkey bites, which may cause rabies.
Monkeys are also suspected of maintaining and disseminating Mycobacterium, which are the
causative agents of tuberculosis. Giardia and Entamoeba histolytica, causing diarrhea and
dysentery, respectively are the two important protozoan parasites of monkeys which may also
transmit to the human-beings (Tiwari and Shukla, 1984). Trichaphyfon menfagrophytes is the
most common ringworm affecting all primates and a threat for human beings. A few species
of lice, mites and flies infect monkeys causing skin diseases characterized by scaling, are
highly dangerous to man. In this way infected and latent carrier monkeys are potentially
hazardous to human health when they come in close contact (Imam et al. 2001; Imam &