Publication: Infections of digenetic trematode metacercariae in wrestling halfbeak, dermogenys pusilla from Bangkok metropolitan region in Thailand
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2020
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234001
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Bibliographic Citation
Korean Journal of Parasitology. Vol 58, No.1 (2020), p.27-35
Suggested Citation
Patarwut L., Chontananarth T., Chai J.-Y., Purivirojkul W. Infections of digenetic trematode metacercariae in wrestling halfbeak, dermogenys pusilla from Bangkok metropolitan region in Thailand. Korean Journal of Parasitology. Vol 58, No.1 (2020), p.27-35. doi:10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.27 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/4658
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate metacercarial infections in the wrestling halfbeak, Dermogenys pusilla, collected from Bangkok metropolitan region of Thailand. A total of 4,501 fish from 78 study sites were commonly examined with muscle compression and digestion methods (only head part of fish) during September 2017 to July 2018. The overall prevalence of metacercarial infection was 86.1% (3,876/4,501 individuals), and the mean intensity was 48.9 metacercariae per fish infected. Four species, i.e., Posthodiplostomum sp., Stellantchasmus falcatus, Cyathocotylidae fam. sp., and Centrocestus formosanus, of digenetic trematode metacercariae (DTM) were detected. The prevalences were 65.8%, 52.0%, 2.1%, and 1.2%, respectively and their mean intensities were 23.1, 51.6, 1.4, and 3.2 per fish infected, respectively. The seasonal prevalences were 81.0% in winter, 87.8% in summer and 87.4% in rainy, and the mean intensities were 38.9, 46.6, and 55.2 metacercariae per fish infected, respectively. Conclusively, it was confirmed that the wrestling halfbeak play the role of second intermediate hosts of 4 species of digenetic trematodes including S. falcatus and Posthodiplostomum sp. in Bangkok metropolitan region. And then the metacercariae of C. formosanus and Cyathocotylidae fam. sp. are to be first found in the wrestling halfbeak by this study. © 2020, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.
Subject(s)
Adult
Article
Compression
Female
Human
Human experiment
Intermediate host
Major clinical study
Male
Metacercaria
Muscle
Nonhuman
Prevalence
Summer
Thailand
Trematode
Winter
Wrestling
Animal
Fish
Fish disease
Isolation and purification
Metacercaria
Parasitology
Prevalence
Thailand
Trematode
Trematodiasis
Animals
Fish Diseases
Fishes
Metacercariae
Prevalence
Thailand
Trematoda
Trematode Infections
Article
Compression
Female
Human
Human experiment
Intermediate host
Major clinical study
Male
Metacercaria
Muscle
Nonhuman
Prevalence
Summer
Thailand
Trematode
Winter
Wrestling
Animal
Fish
Fish disease
Isolation and purification
Metacercaria
Parasitology
Prevalence
Thailand
Trematode
Trematodiasis
Animals
Fish Diseases
Fishes
Metacercariae
Prevalence
Thailand
Trematoda
Trematode Infections