Helminths of freshwater animals from five provinces in Northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Mard-Arhin N., Prawang T., Wongsawad C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035554221&partnerID=40&md5=3d7232f1d0aa3c12807ddf7b6d9c4b22; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12041591; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/5930
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Seven species of fishes, 6 species of mollusks. 1 species of crab, and 1 species of shrimp were collected from 12 natural freshwater sites from 5 provinces: Lumpang, Phrae, Phayao, Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai during the Rainy season of 2000. Fishes, Channa striatus, Dermogenus pusillus, Oxyeleotris marmoratus, Trichogaster trichopterus and Trichopsis vittatus were examined for helminths and 34.69 % (17/49) were infected. There were 2 genera of monogenean identified as follows: Dactylogyrus and Trianchoratus; 3 genera of metacercariae were as follows: Acanthostomum, Posthodiplostomum and Stellantchasmus. Furthermore, 1 genus of Acanthocephala was found from fishes to be Pallisentis sp. The prevalence of infection in mollusks was 6.20% (17/274); Pleurolophocercous and Furcocercous cercariae were observed only in one species of mollusks, Melanoides sp. A crab and a shrimp were negative.