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Bioecology of the parasites of high altitude homeothermic host-parasite systems. I. Influence of season and temperature on infections by strobilocerci of three species of Hydatigera in Indian house rat*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Sandeep K. Malhotra
Sandeep K. Malhotra
Affiliation:
Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, U.P., India
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Abstract

Seasonal fluctuations in the infrapopulation size of strobilocerci of Hydatigera balaniceps (Hall, 1911), H. laticollis (Rudolphi, 1819) and H. parva (Baer, 1926) infesting liver lobes of Indian house rat populations at high altitude (1400 to 1600m) appear to be correlated with climatic oscillations in temperature. Greater susceptibility of Rattus rattus to infection was evident at lower temperatures. The distribution of strobilocerci in rodent populations could be described by the Poisson model (P<0-20-P<0001).

Keywords

Hydatigerastrobilocerciseasonal variationRattus rattus
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 15 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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