Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVII, Issue 2
Written by Elena GHERASIM
The paper presents data on the identification for the first time in Moldova of the helminth fauna structure of Rana temporaria and the determination of its role as bioindicators and as vectors for parasitic agents specific to animals. As result of helminthological investigations during 2014-2023 years, 19 helminths species was established. The predominant group are trematodes with 57.8% of cases, nematodes with 31.6% of cases, acanthocephala and monogeneans with 5.3% of cases each. According to the assessment of the main helminthological indices, it was established that the species is infested with helminths in 96.3% of cases. When evaluating the data and the composition of helminth species, it was found that adult forms of helminths are predominant over larval forms, so that, when the host species is infected with trematodes, 9.1% are metacercariae, and 90.9% are the adult forms, when the host species is infected with nematodes 33.3% are the larval stages, and 66.7% are the mature forms, when infesting the host species with acanthocephals and monogeneans, it was established that the helminth species are an adult form, each constituting 5.3%.
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