Original Research Article Prevalence of Ectoparasites in commensal rats in Dehradun, India
In the present investigation, 50 commensal rats of three species were examined for their arthropod ectoparasites from two different city habitats. Rats were captured during the period of October 2011 to March 2012 from Dehradun. Identified rats were Rattus rattus (54%), Rattus norvegicus (40%) and M...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.300.7688 http://www.ijcmas.com/vol-2-4/Shashi K. Solanki, et al.pdf |
| Summary: | In the present investigation, 50 commensal rats of three species were examined for their arthropod ectoparasites from two different city habitats. Rats were captured during the period of October 2011 to March 2012 from Dehradun. Identified rats were Rattus rattus (54%), Rattus norvegicus (40%) and Mus musculus (6%). For all three species of rats more males 28 (56%) were captured than 22 (44%) females. 18 % of captured rodents were infested with arthropod parasites. Collected ectoparasite was identified as Xenopsylla cheopis, Ixodes spp, Polyplex spp. Host gender does not affect ectoparasite infestation (P< 0.05). The study documented that there was no significant difference in the rate of infestation among various species of rats (P< 0.05). |
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