CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2023, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 112-116.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2023.01.018

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Prevalence of trematode metacercariae in Pseudorasbora parva and species identification in Qiqihaer area

ZHANG Fengyu1(), LIU Liu2, ZHANG Jing2, ZHANG Hao2,*()   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratoty, Suining Central Hospital, Suining 629000, Sichuan, China
    2. College of Medical Technology, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar 161006, Heilongjiang, China
  • Received:2022-05-09 Revised:2022-10-10 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-02-27
  • Contact: * E-mail: 805676596@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    Joint Guidance Project of Qiqihar Science and Technology Plan in 2020(LHYD-202010)

Abstract:

To understand the prevalence of trematode metacercariae and their species in Pseudorasbora parva from Nenjiang River around Qiqihaer City. P. parvas were collected from Nenjiang River around Qiqihaer City at the begining of each month from June to November in 2021. The prevalence of metacercaria of trematodes was examined by direct tablet, and the metacercaria of trematodes were isolated and purified by digestion. The metacercaria of trematodes were preliminarily classified by morphology. Mice (50-80 metacercaria/mouse) aged 6 weeks and ducks (80-100 metacercaria/duck) aged 2 weeks were fed with different types of metacercaria. The mice and ducks were dissected on the 30th and 25th day after infection, and the adult worms in the hepatobiliary duct were collected and stained with magenta acetate for morphological identification. The prevalence of metacercaria infection in P. parva was analyzed by month and season. SPSS 26.0 software was used for statistical analysis, and the prevalence was compared by χ2 test. From June to November 2021, a total of 600 P. parva were collected, and 371 were infected with metacercaria, with an prevalence of 61.8%. A total of three different type metacercaria were obtained. According to the morphology, it was preliminarily identified as C. sinensis, M. orientalis, M. taiwanensis metacercaria, the prevalences were 47.7%(286/600), 15.5% (93/600) and 23.7% (142/600), respectively. The adult worms obtained from mice and ducks infected with the three types of metacercaria of trematodes were identified by morphology as C. sinensis, M. orientalis and M. taiwanensis. From June to November, the prevalences of C. sinensis metacercaria in P. parva were 26.0% (26/100), 31.0% (31/100), 52.0% (52/100), 66.0% (66/100), 63.0% (63/100) and 48.0% (48/100), respectively. The prevalences of M. orientalis metacercaria were 5.0% (5/100), 11.0% (11/100), 15.0% (15/100), 17.0% (17/100), 26.0% (26/100) and 19.0% (19/100), respectively. The prevalences of M. taiwanensis metacercaria were 17.0% (17/100), 15.0% (15/100) 19.0% (19/100), 23.0% (23/100), 32.0% (32/100) and 36.0% (36/100), the prevalences of the three metacercaria types in different months have statistical significance (χ2 = 53.61, 19.51, 20.11; P < 0.05). The prevalences of metacercaria of C. sinensis, M. orientalis and M. taiwanensis in summer and autumn were 36.3% (109/300), 59.0% (177/300); 10.3% (31/300), 20.7% (62/300); 17.0% (51/300) and 30.3% (91/300), respectively, there were statistically significant differences in the prevalence of the three metacercaria in summer and autumn (χ2 = 30.89, 12.23, 14.71; all P < 0.05). The difference of prevalences between three kinds of metacercaria in summer and autumn was statistically significant (χ2 = 22.29, 33.96; all P < 0.05). P. parvas were infected with metacercaria of C. sinensis, M. orientalis, M. taiwanensis in the Qiqihar section of the Nenjiang River. The prevalence of three types of metacercaria were the highest in September, October and November respectively.

Key words: Pseudorasbora parva, Trematode, Metacercaria, Species, Infection

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