A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria
A field study was conducted to disclose the prevalence of different helminth parasites in the black rat, Rattus rattus, in some regions of Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria. Out of 67 examined rats, 53 (79.1%) were found to be positive. Helminths of three classes were detected such as Cestoda: Hymenol...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9664523bc4ec438fb425d10a9a478db5 2023-05-15T18:05:12+02:00 A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria Petar T. Iliev1 Georgi Zh. Georgiev Zvezdelina T. Kirkova Borislava G. Chakarova 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0021 https://doaj.org/article/9664523bc4ec438fb425d10a9a478db5 EN eng Ss.Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje http://www.macvetrev.mk/2017-2/macvetrev-2017-0021.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1409-7621 https://doaj.org/toc/1857-7415 doi:10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0021 1409-7621 1857-7415 https://doaj.org/article/9664523bc4ec438fb425d10a9a478db5 Macedonian Veterinary Review, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 177-182 (2017) helminth parasites Black rat Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0021 2022-12-31T08:51:49Z A field study was conducted to disclose the prevalence of different helminth parasites in the black rat, Rattus rattus, in some regions of Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria. Out of 67 examined rats, 53 (79.1%) were found to be positive. Helminths of three classes were detected such as Cestoda: Hymenolepis diminuta (47.8%), Hymenolepis nana (43.3%), Taenia taeniaeformis larvae (7.5%), Taenia polyacantha larvae (1.5%); Secernentea: Syphacia obvelata (4.5%), Aspiculuris tetraptera (3.0%) and Adenophorea: Capillaria hepatica (9.0%), Trichuris muris (3.0%). Of all the investigated rats, 27 (40.3%) were infected by one helminth species and 26 (38.8%) by more than one. Hymenolepis diminuta was a predominant species in cases of single infections (23.9%). The most frequent co-infections were observed by H. nana and H. diminuta (16.4%). Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Macedonian Veterinary Review 40 2 177 182 |
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A field study was conducted to disclose the prevalence of different helminth parasites in the black rat, Rattus rattus, in some regions of Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria. Out of 67 examined rats, 53 (79.1%) were found to be positive. Helminths of three classes were detected such as Cestoda: Hymenolepis diminuta (47.8%), Hymenolepis nana (43.3%), Taenia taeniaeformis larvae (7.5%), Taenia polyacantha larvae (1.5%); Secernentea: Syphacia obvelata (4.5%), Aspiculuris tetraptera (3.0%) and Adenophorea: Capillaria hepatica (9.0%), Trichuris muris (3.0%). Of all the investigated rats, 27 (40.3%) were infected by one helminth species and 26 (38.8%) by more than one. Hymenolepis diminuta was a predominant species in cases of single infections (23.9%). The most frequent co-infections were observed by H. nana and H. diminuta (16.4%). |
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Petar T. Iliev1 Georgi Zh. Georgiev Zvezdelina T. Kirkova Borislava G. Chakarova |
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Petar T. Iliev1 Georgi Zh. Georgiev Zvezdelina T. Kirkova Borislava G. Chakarova |
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A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria |
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A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria |
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A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria |
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A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria |
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A survey of helminth infections in the black rat from Stara Zagora district, Bulgaria |
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survey of helminth infections in the black rat from stara zagora district, bulgaria |
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