Endoparasitic Infection in Laboratory Rat Strain, Long-Evans (<i>Rattus norvegicus</i> Berkenhout, 1769)

Authors

  • Farhana Muznebin Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Hamida Khanum Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Zaibun Nessa Institute of Food Science and Technology, BCSIR, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
  • Dipa Islam Institute of Food Science and Technology, BCSIR, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v44i1.2718

Keywords:

Cestodes, Nematodes, Helminth, Prevalence, Intensity

Abstract

In the present study, five helminth parasite species from two taxonomic groups were identified from Long-Evans (Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769). The cestodes were Vampirolepis nana Siebold, Hymenolepis diminuta Rud and nematodes were Citellina dispar Prendel, Heterakis spumosa Schneider and Syphacia muris Yamaguti. C. dispar is a new finding in Bangladesh. The highest prevalence of H. diminuta was recorded but the highest intensity was recorded in V. nana. The prevalence and intensity of V. nana was 56.25% and 65.11±13.23; H. dimisnuta was 72.92% and 4.37±0.89; C. dispar was 62.50% and 19.63 ±2.10; H. spumosa was 66.67% and 9.06±1.85; and S. muris was 64.58% and 24.65±2.60 respectively. Differences in prevalence and intensity due to sexes and seasons were also evaluated.

Key words: Cestodes, Nematodes, Helminth, Prevalence, Intensity.   

 doi: 10.3329/bjsir.v44i1.2718

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 44(1), 109-116, 2009

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Muznebin, F., Khanum, H., Nessa, Z., & Islam, D. (2009). Endoparasitic Infection in Laboratory Rat Strain, Long-Evans (<i>Rattus norvegicus</i> Berkenhout, 1769). Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 44(1), 109–116. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v44i1.2718

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Vol. 44 No. 1 (2009)

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