Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Authors: | A. Begum, Mukutmoni, M., Akter, F. |
Journal: | Bangladesh Journal of Zoology |
Volume: | 47 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pagination: | 121-128 |
Date Published: | 06-2019 |
ISSN: | 0304-9027 (print) 2408-8455 (online) |
Keywords: | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, ectoparasites, Endoparasites, intensity, Prevalence |
Abstract: | Among the 60 Anas platyrhynchos domesticus (32 males and 38 females), all the mallards were infested with Anaticola cassicornis and Lipeurus caponis. A. cassicornis displayed the peak intensity (15.5 ± 3.64) in female ducks. The lowest prevalence was of Colpocephalum turbinatum (25%) and found in male but the intensity was high (15 ± 2.23). Among the endoparasites, the highest prevalence was of Ascaridia galli (85.71%) found in female ducks and the lowest was in Echinostoma trivolvus (12.5%) found in male. The peak intensity was of Sobolevicanthus sp. (17.8 ± 2.34) in female following Echinostoma revolutum (17.33 ± 0.97). Ectoparasites were seen to infest all the seasons. But endoparasites were more prevalent in summer than the autumn and winter. |
URL: | https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJZ/article/view/42027 |
DOI: | 10.3329/bjz.v47i1.42027 |
Parasite diversity in mallard: A cross sectional study on Anas platyrhynchos from Munshiganj, Dhaka
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