Veterinary Science & Technology

Zatil Shakinah

Publications

• Research Article
  Influence of Some Environmental Parameters on Some Frog Populations and their Parasitc Fauna
  Author(s): Wahab A Rahman and Zatil ShakinahWahab A Rahman and Zatil Shakinah
  
  Wild animals, including frogs are usually infected with several species of parasites. Frogs are important for a variety of reasons. Firstly, they control populations of insects and secondly they can act as indicator species to the environment. Studies have shown that frogs can harbor many species of parasites. Worldwide, there were numerous researches carried out on frog parasites but few had been reported from Malaysia. From this study, 300 frogs from 14 species were collected from eight study sites: Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Phrynoidis aspera, Hylarana erythraea, H. labialis, H. nigrovittata, Polypedates leucomystax, Fejervarya cancrivora, F. limnocharis, Limnonectes blythii, L. paramacrodon, L. ibanorum, L. ingeri, Microhylabutleri, and Kaloulapulchra. Eleven (11) helminthic parasites (Heterakis spp., H. vesicularis, Trichostrongylus spp., Pharyngodon.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000227

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