Nematode and Cestode Prevalence, Organal Distribution and Histological Effects Due to Parasitic Infection in Laboratory Rat Strain, Long-Evans (<i>Rattus norvegicus</i> Berkenhout, 1769)

Authors

  • Hamida Khanum Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka
  • Farhana Muznebin Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka
  • Zaibun Nessa Institute of Food Science and Technology, BCSIR, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v44i2.3673

Keywords:

Nematodes, Cestodes, Prevalence, Vampirolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Citellina dispar, Heterakis spumosa and Syphacia muris

Abstract

Endoparasitic infection and histopathological effects in the laboratory rat, Long-Evans (Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769) was evaluated. Five species of helminth parasites from two taxonomic groups were identified. They were -Cestodes (Vampirolepis nana Siebold, 1852 and Hymenolepis diminuta Rudolphi, 1819) and Nematodes (Citellina dispar Prendel, 1928; Heterakis spumosa Schneider, 1866 and Syphacia muris Yamaguti, 1941). All the worms were collected from the alimentary tract of the Long-Evans. The prevalence of infection was found highest in caecum (95.83%) and the intensity of infestation was found highest in anterior parts of the intestine (51.33±10.63). The histopathological study of helminth infected alimentary canal showed that the intestinal wall was severely damaged.

Key words: Nematodes, Cestodes, Prevalence, Vampirolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Citellina dispar, Heterakis spumosa and Syphacia muris.

DOI: 10.3329/bjsir.v44i2.3673

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 44(2), 207-210, 2009

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Khanum, H., Muznebin, F., & Nessa, Z. (2009). Nematode and Cestode Prevalence, Organal Distribution and Histological Effects Due to Parasitic Infection in Laboratory Rat Strain, Long-Evans (<i>Rattus norvegicus</i> Berkenhout, 1769). Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 44(2), 207–210. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v44i2.3673

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Vol. 44 No. 2 (2009)

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